A whole lot of people in this country have been fighting for justice since they were born. Their fights aren’t just organized political action. Most of their battles involve going to work or school or walking down a street knowing just existing makes them a target.
They endure losses all the time. But they don’t have a choice except to wake up and keep fighting and existing.
Right now they’re being attacked just for teaching and talking about those battles.
Right now they’re being attacked just for teaching and talking about those battles.
If your instinct is to center the other side, it doesn’t matter how good you think your intentions are — you are not acting like their ally. If, on top of that, your instinct is to argue with them when they push back, who do you actually stand with?
If you go into panic mode over a single loss — if your allyship immediately shifts to centering the other side, what message are you sending to those who have been fighting all their lives?
Stop and think.
Stop and think.
TL;DR
If you are having a conversation about race and your position centers whiteness, white grievance, or white feelings, you are doing it wrong.
If you are having a conversation about race and your position centers whiteness, white grievance, or white feelings, you are doing it wrong.
(PS: If any of this is new information, you are not following enough black woken on Twitter. Just FYI.)
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