Thread by @innodim

When the well-intentioned white person or faux “DEI expert” comes with the “we all have bias”, inform them:

Yes, we all have biases.
But, those biases are not equal.
Becos we don’t all have power.
The power to translate that bias into an outcome for those without power.

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Bias + Power = Badness

My bias may get someone uninvited from the cookout.

But a white person’s bias gets folks killed.
Whole communities drowned. Burned. Shot up. Set on fire. Sick. Deformed.

Destroyed.

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Implicit or Explicit, it’s not the bias I’m worried about as much as your unearned power - acquired through bloodshed, rape, theft, & genocide - to translate that bias to impact our lives, families, health, wealth, joy, & peace of mind.

THAT’s my concern.

#CorrectTheNarrative

Intentional, manufactured ignorance or denial of this truth is why the systems and structures of AntiBlackness & delusional white supremacism & dominance continues unabated in our institutions by & large, particularly in medicine, healthcare, & public health.

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So when they inevitably come at you seeking absolution by hiding behind the theorized universality of “bias” as if all human biases are the same & equally potent, invite them to layer on top of their assertions a power analysis of their own positionality & …

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…in what ways the world created for them by them on the backs of others, reflects &, thus, normalizes their biases as “standard” truths, knowledge, & solutions.

In what ways their biases inform behaviors that perform violence and harm on others with impunity.

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In what ways those biased behaviors, attitudes, & outputs are rewarded as they reinforce racial and gender hegemony, systems of dominance & oppression, & dehumanization.

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Where does “bias” end & white fear ensconced in antiBlackness, whiteness, & delusional white supremacism begin?

If these are not the questions being asked & answered in your classrooms, work meetings, c-suite, churches, town halls, Capitol Hill, then y’all ain’t ready.

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Racism is in the impact.
The outcomes.
The results.

The power to make manifest that which is imagined, believed.
Feared.

So, to the white man who implied to me that his harmful actions were excusable as “we all have biases.”

Sir, youza racist & you don’t know the half.

Thank you all for making this🧵travel. While you’re here - join us at our weekly @TwitterSpaces roundtable #AIMART every Saturday 1pmET. This week: Baked into the machine: AntiBlackness & medical devices.

Pls amplify!

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