• White supremacy != only white people. White supremacy is a system of oppression that other people, regardless of race, can subscribe to and use to hurt others.

    White supremacy is bigger than any individual. It is mostly like not a personal attack on you. I do not think any White person that’s come across my life is racist. However, racism has been baked into every crevice of life that makes it so much easier for White people to move through life frictionless. Oh hey, kind of a full circle on my dynamite-let’s-blow-shit-up analogy.

    If you find yourself reacting defensively, it is a good moment to:

    1. Reflect and figure out why. What are you defending (pride? ego?) and where did those thoughts originate from?
    2. If you cannot put your own [whatever] aside to really listen from people who have those experiences and have done the work to take down white supremacy in all its forms, then you are not open for any conversation. Leave and come back when you are ready.

    https://twitter.com/kevinnadal/status/1374726762106617857?s=20

  • If you say “I don’t see color”, review this.