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In reply to the discussion: Tim Wise: Race-Talk is a Language White Folks Need to Learn [View all]TigressDem
(5,125 posts)Talk about the behavior, cause then I know it isn't my "whiteness" that is automatically offensive.
I get it that this is all systemic, but LOOK HOW MANY WHITES have been side by side in the protests standing up for equality.
IF you are talking to allies or potential allies, the LEAST you can do is be clear, I am talking about the Ultra Whites who think they poop rainbows with sprinkles and it don't smell like everyone else's.... otherwise DELUSIONAL people who believe that the color of someone's skin is an indictment or get out of jail free card.
Even call it "Systemic Whiteness" but talk about the behavior and not the person.
It's the way whites should be talking about blacks.
BY THE CONTENT OF YOUR CHARACTER, NOT THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN goes both ways... and all the rainbow in between.
ONE RACE.
The Human Race.
Because talking about "white folks" like they all like that, but, "Oh not you" is just as systemic as the assumptions made by law enforcement that lets them target blacks 9 times out of 10 even if the person is as far from a criminal as many whites are far from racist.
Raise the bar if you want REAL CHANGE.