1/ You know it really is a trip that Black folks understand the racism of white folks more than white folks understand it themselves.
And yet here we are.....
A 🧵 for white folks.
And yet here we are.....
A 🧵 for white folks.
2/ FACT: We know you better than you know yourselves.
Wanna know why?
Because we have to survive your racism every single day.
It sucks.
Wanna know why?
Because we have to survive your racism every single day.
It sucks.
3/ It’s also ironic that you all ask US how to end racism.
...huh?
You built it.
You have all the power.
FIGURE IT OUT.
...huh?
You built it.
You have all the power.
FIGURE IT OUT.
4/ We should be resting and recovering while YOU are busy cleaning out your own racist institutions.
Instead we are out here stressed, pressed and worn tf out trying to do this work on our own.
What is wrong with this picture??
Instead we are out here stressed, pressed and worn tf out trying to do this work on our own.
What is wrong with this picture??
WHY are you demanding that the very people suffering under the weight of constant oppression (AT YOUR OWN HANDS mind you)—who lack the societal power to create large scale change—be solely in charge of fixing the issue???
It makes no damn sense.
It makes no damn sense.
White people — you need to be doing the heavy lift to dismantle racism. Not us.
1️⃣ Stop making excuses/saying you don’t know what to do.
(SPOILER: You do. You just don’t want to be uncomfortable or change your way of existing)
2️⃣ Step the fuck up.
1️⃣ Stop making excuses/saying you don’t know what to do.
(SPOILER: You do. You just don’t want to be uncomfortable or change your way of existing)
2️⃣ Step the fuck up.
And as always — pay Black folks for the EXTENSIVE, exhausting labor you keep demanding of us in the struggle against racism.
We both know you have the money.
We both know you have the money.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk✌🏿
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