This letter is just one of the truly saddening things discussed, but it’s so saddening.https://twitter.com/RdotSpoon/status/1113811116507795456 …
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I think this is a good time for white women to learn to apply ring theory to racism. Ring theory is the principle that you should comfort people who are closer to a problem than you, and complain only to those who are at your distance or further away. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-xpm-2013-apr-07-la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407-story.html …
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So often some of the worst things that crop up happen because white women feel the need to explain their growth to women of color, which is basically like telling them “I was very racist once, and I’m going to dump this on you and expect a cookie for getting better.”
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A good thing to do is to learn to do your confronting of your racism...not to people of color, and not with the expectation of a reward.
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You need to confront the messages you had in your head and you need to work it out, but doing this in front of people of color can be really, really hurtful, and since you know you’re doing a thing that you should be doing, you will expect to be praised for hurting them.
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Like, yes, it is good that you realized that black people are human, but YOU DO NOT NEED TO TELL BLACK PEOPLE that you have recently discovered their humanity, to your pleasant surprise! Just. Don’t.
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An analogy: “I used to murder kittens, but then I realized that was wrong and kittens are cute and fluffy!” Look, yay for not killing cats, but don’t go ANNOUNCING it as if you’re very proud to someone whose cat was killed?
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The message you send when you do this is that you do not think your behavior is harmful. You think it’s like learning to like olives—a matter of taste—and not about a system of oppression. You’re boasting about having hurt someone to a person who has been hurt.
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YIKES.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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oh. my. god...
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