If White people can't handle #POC talking about racism, it doesn't matter what words we use; the issue you have is that we're talking at all
When White people try to dismiss Indigenous & other #POC discussion of colonialism & present-day impact by focusing on "tone," that's racism
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It's striking; whether it's my blog, my Twitter, or when I'm interviewed - people say they want "positive" language on racism. Why?
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There's NO "nice" way to talk about racism. Racism is structural; it envelops us; ruins life chances of
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White people who imagine there's a "rational" way they deem acceptable to hear discussion of racism is them saying they want to dictate
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#POC point out all day, every day, White people put more effort into policing discussion of race so they don't have to work on themselves -
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White people don't get to subjectively define racism; don't get to silence
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You're a White person on a thread about
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You might reflect over why you feel the need to centre your Whiteness, on a conversation by a
#WOC about White ppl policing convos of racism
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1/ Kim there is so much wrong with your thinking and "advice." "Hostility" is a term White people use to police
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2/ You're on thead where I'm discussing how White people characterise tone. Here you go labelling
#POC as "hostile" for responding to racism -
3/ "Returning fire." Your language, which uses metaphors of violence to characterise
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4/ Do you know how many encounters of racism
#POC experience in a day? It's 3.30pm local time & this isn't my first. It won't be my last. -
5/ You've been following me for a long time Kim, & know much free service I give to STEM & to your discipline. This is disappointing.
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6/ Hope you reflect on this exchange & your unexplored assumptions about racism & the entitlement White people feel in framing POC responses
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1/ Hi. It's not at all about being rude. It's that regardless of what POC say, whether it's academic discussion or sharing personal story..
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2/ or doing our job in equity & diversity, White people make up shifting rules about what they consider to be "civil" way to discuss racism.
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They want someone they can call "articulate"
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