This take and others like it keep popping up on my feed.
The vast majority of them were written by white people and then shared by other white ppl.
Us white folks are not the primary target or victims here - and we're telegraphing our obliviousness to that with these takes.
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The vast majority of them were written by white people and then shared by other white ppl.
Us white folks are not the primary target or victims here - and we're telegraphing our obliviousness to that with these takes.
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If your first reaction is to fire off a #notallwhitepeople reply, don't.
If it ain't about you, don't make it about u.
There is nothing more off-putting than when someone personalizes something not about them and then insists on proving they're an Above-Average White Person™.
If it ain't about you, don't make it about u.
There is nothing more off-putting than when someone personalizes something not about them and then insists on proving they're an Above-Average White Person™.
These takes are well-intended. They're worthy of discussion. They're understandable.
But when it comes to matters of oppression, persecution, violence and abuse, the most threatened and vulnerable get to lead.
Their voices should carry furthest.
But when it comes to matters of oppression, persecution, violence and abuse, the most threatened and vulnerable get to lead.
Their voices should carry furthest.
An alliance where the least vulnerable largely ignore or diminish the rising fears of the most vulnerable isn't an alliance at all.
It conveniences the least affected at the potentially catastrophic expense of the people most at risk.
That ain't an alliance.
It conveniences the least affected at the potentially catastrophic expense of the people most at risk.
That ain't an alliance.
So, my fellow ppl of good heart, I'm asking ya:
No matter how much it may seem to you that civility and leading with love and going high are the right answers, don't talk over the people yelling that the risk is too great, the costs too high and the urgency too severe for that.
No matter how much it may seem to you that civility and leading with love and going high are the right answers, don't talk over the people yelling that the risk is too great, the costs too high and the urgency too severe for that.
I have been palpably uncomfortable reading many of the takes from White Left Twitter these past couple days.
Our allies are sounding the alarm but we're too busy telegraphing our privilege to hear it.
Alliances protect the members most at risk - that starts with hearing them.
Our allies are sounding the alarm but we're too busy telegraphing our privilege to hear it.
Alliances protect the members most at risk - that starts with hearing them.
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