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In reply to the discussion: Black women are tired of explaining to white women why they should care about everyone's interest [View all]TygrBright
(20,755 posts)It would be wonderful if all of us white women could make the connection on the first try. But the conditioning is fierce, and the power of "part-privilege" is fierce.
(When white privilege is your only privilege, it's pretty damn' tempting to prioritize it above ending the oppression of your female status, especially with a patriarchy so deeply dug in and a whole culture reinforcing it.)
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Women of color are the best hope we have for a better future.
And everything you say is true. Slowly, little by little, it IS sinking in. More and more white women are seeing the connections.
I know it feels like you're doing the heavy lifting.
And you ARE.
And I'm grateful and will do everything I can to help.
Keep the faith, please.
We ARE sisters.
gratefully,
Bright