White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
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White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
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If, as a white person, I conceptualize racism as a binary and I place myself on the “not racist” side, what further action is required of me? No action is required, because I am not a racist. Therefore, racism is not my problem; it doesn’t concern me and there is nothing further I need to do. This worldview guarantees that I will not build my skill
... See moreWhite people in North America live in a society that is deeply separate and unequal by race, and white people are the beneficiaries of that separation and inequality. As a result, we are insulated from racial stress, at the same time that we come to feel entitled to and deserving of our advantage.
Women who benefit from white privilege, I can’t believe it’s still necessary to say this, but I’m saying it again with the hope that, this time, you will listen.
Your attempt to silence the anger of women of the Global Majority and/or Muslim women is oppressive.
If you continue to turn away from the anger that’s directed at us, you’ll never learn wh
racist White people unleash on Black people