Black folx live in constant danger of white tears, white privilege, white fragility, and white superiority all because of the false narrative this society created that WE are somehow the threats. It’s exhausting. It’s terrorizing. It’s trauma.
Personally, I’ve had several workplace experiences where my own emotions, struggles, or even simple mistakes that I made while trying to learn my job well were deemed punitive while I watch white counterparts receive pats on their backs for the same behaviors.
I know that at any moment when in an interaction with a white person, I am subject to becoming attacked, questioned, criminalized, tone policed, bullied, and more all while being told that I am the bully because I dare speak my mind, exude confidence, or showcase my humanity.
I’ve grown so numb to it that I often doing realize it’s happening until after it has happened. This is how engrained this is into the fabric of our being.
The largest threat to the Black person in America is the white woman’s tears.
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