Navigating White Supremacy is one of the most difficult parts of life as a Black person.

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7. I am also white

and live in the south. I read in this group and joined LOWPAWS to learn more about what white people need to be doing, and the best ways to approach other people to try and make them understand white supremacy.

I am almost 70 and I find it appalling that we are still wondering what to do, like we haven't learned anything in all these decades. I agree 100% with you about the defensiveness. I read, I think on LOWPAWS, that if your first response is defensive, then you know you are part of the problem. Right! As stated so well in this OP, being nice or holding hands and singing kumbaya doesn't cut it. I have never felt that I made much progress talking with people, so I hope to learn how to do that more effectively.