The journey toward becoming anti-racist

[StarfishSaver]

Many people, on DU and elsewhere,, are in the Fear Zone, talking only to people who agree with you, striving to be comfortable, avoiding hard questions, and often denying racism is a problem - or while willing to acknowledge it's a problem, insisting it isn't a factor in whatever issue/incident is currently being discussed.

Moving out of that zone into the Learning Zone and beyond is hard. But please try. We're fighting for our lives and nation. We need all of our allies to fight with us, and that can't be done in the Fear Zone.

This chart was adapted by Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc from “Who Do I Want to Be During COVID-19” chart (original author unknown) https://www.surgeryredesign.com/current

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. K&R.

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2. Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack...

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Peggy McIntosh

"I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group"

https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Huge K&R, and thanks. n/t

[NCjack]

4. A quote on racism from Molly Ivans (political commentator, Texas):

"I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point -- race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything."

And, that was how it was for me in 1959 as a teenager in Texas.

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5. Kick

[brer cat]

6. K&R