Waking up. I'm realizing how racist I've been in the past, and (honestly) how racist I still am. Thinking of myself as "a good guy" made me blind to how complicit I am in racist systems. It's not enough to be nice. We need to dismantle the systems that keep other people down.
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This tweet by
@BerniceKing shook me. If I'm not willing to trade places with Black people, First Nations people, Hispanic people what does that say about the society I live in? My inaction is just protecting my white privilege.https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/1266730015196090368 …
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The book “So you want to talk about race” by
@IjeomaOluo has revealed so much for me already. Especially: “how we define racism matters because our definition will determine how we fight it. We can’t just fight the symptoms of the cancer; we need to fight the cancer itself.”pic.twitter.com/d8UhUsqQVm
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In a 1966 doc, Ernie Chambers responds to a minister: "Why are you talking to me? You guys pulled the strings that closed schools. You guys draw the boundaries. So it's up to you to talk to your brothers and persuade them that they have a responsibility."https://twitter.com/DaySpace/status/1266501747343863819 …
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If white people are not "working to dismantle a system of racism from which we reap the benefits" we're not really helping. We're a part of the system (we profit from it!). And we need to change it.https://twitter.com/KristinaDaniele/status/1268328087340507136 …
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