Aurynn Shawthe default position of all white people should be:
- Recognising that you're racist
- And that you don't necessarily know how you're racist
- And listening to people who are impacted by racism on the ways you do racist things
- And trying to change
"I don't know how I'm racist" does not lead to "therefore I am not racist"
Yes, this applies to me too.
Just because I know I am racist doesn't mean I know how I'm racist, and I do need y'all to call me on it when I am.
Rochelle@aurynn 100%. Same here. All we can do is stop & acknowledge it.
It’s easy to get defensive. It’s better to take a pause. Do not write that post, or if you do, delete it. Do not post it. Give it a few hours, or days.
People who live with racism every day do not need to explain how what we said was racist. It’s exhausting & may be traumatic. Plus they’d never be able to do anything but explain to white people all day long.
We’re not entitled to any of that.