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In fact, I bet when this guy saved these kids, consciously or not, part of his brain thought, "oh yeah, I'm really proving that I'm an Us"

obviously not in those words, but we can't help but think, all the time, about how we've proving our humanity through extraordinary acts.

in any case, because we live as "them" and in the vise of being "them" but not wanting to be "them" but not wanting to not be "them"...

nice platitudes about how "there's no us vs them" deny one of the core aspects of our experience. So! How can well-meaning white ppl...

shift their language to express the hope of unity-of-the-human-race, while acknowledging that few if any black people EXPERIENCE that unity?

I would suggest explicit recognition of racial dynamics. Not "there's no division," but "despite this division, he did this good thing."

"This guy has probably dealt with plenty of people whose compassion is limited by race and culture. His isn't."

"This is the world we want to see. I hope the people in this picture get to live in that world, where humanity is bigger than race/color."