The older I get, the more I've begun to use "anti-Black" when describing the racism Black people experience because it's not that society doesn't want to talk about racism -- it's that they don't want to discuss it when it impacts Black people, therefore making them anti-Black.
Notice how there was no mass debate, confusion, or argument when #StopAsianHate went viral. White conservatives like Meghan McCain could rally behind that in solidarity without feeling as if it was attacking her whiteness.
The same couldn't be said for #BlackLivesMatter
The same couldn't be said for #BlackLivesMatter
This week, so many people who often don't speak on race was quick to remind everyone that the Holocaust was about racism.
This is absolutely true -- but it's also interesting that these are the same people banning books by Black authors that discuss race.
This is absolutely true -- but it's also interesting that these are the same people banning books by Black authors that discuss race.
America doesn't have a problem with understanding what racism is -- it has a disdain for acknowledging racism that afflicts Black people because it often times requires them to acknowledge their constant, never-ending role in perpetuating it.
This is an anti-Black country.
This is an anti-Black country.
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