Mastodawn

Oct 24, 2023

i wanted to share another quote from So You Want To Talk About Race by #IjeomaOluo that i liked.

"Not all of us are lucky enough to have conversations on race with white people willing to take the emotional risk of investigating the role they play in upholding racism. [...] These conversations, when done wrong, can do real damage. Friendships can be lost, holidays ruined, jobs placed in jeopardy. For this reason, many people avoid the topic of race altogether and recoil when it’s brought into conversation." [cont.]

#Racism #AntiRacism

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taco, bird/cat

Oct 24, 2023

"But you are reading this book because you realize that we have to talk about race. Race is everywhere and racial tension and animosity and pain is in almost everything we see and touch. Ignoring it does not make it go away. There is no shoving the four hundred years’ racial oppression and violence toothpaste back in the toothpaste tube. In fact, it’s our desire to ignore race that increases the necessity of its discussion." [cont.]

#IjeomaOluo #Racism #AntiRacism

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taco, bird/cat

Oct 24, 2023

"Because our desire to not talk about race also causes us to ignore race in areas where lack of racial consideration can have real detrimental effects on the lives of others—say, in school boards, community programs, and local government. And while it may seem that people of color always need to “put race in everything,” it’s the neglect of the specific needs of people of color, which exist whether you acknowledge them or not, that necessitate it in the first place."

#IjeomaOluo #Racism #AntiRacism

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taco, bird/cat

Oct 24, 2023

this is why i post/boost a lot about #racism and, more importantly, #antiracism. i don't care if i lose followers. this ain't a numbers game. we need to have these discussions, as a community. because otherwise, we're going to fall into the same traps of #white fragility and covert racism over and over and over again.

so, respectfully, i'm going to clutter your feed with it. because i know other folks are not willing to speak up about it. i want to represent all of who i am, not just the "nice" parts.

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Fanfalla

Oct 24, 2023

@chirpbirb To be fair, it's understandable why some folks are hesitant to talk about #race and #racism in the first place, like, it's a hard conversation and I know, at least in my own experience, that I have been afraid of saying the wrong thing, asking a stupid question, or hurting someone's feelings. However, that's why talking about it is so important. As an aspiring #antiracist I want to talk about these things to learn more about the experiences of others and ways I can better myself and my community to help BIPOC; I feel other folks can do this too.

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Fanfalla

@chirpbirb I know I for one really appreciate how #IjeomaOluo makes it clear that sometimes you're gonna mess up with talking about this stuff and you might hurt someone's feelings, but it's better to talk about it and learn than to pretend that #race doesn't matter. Like, in a perfect egalitarian world it wouldn't matter very much, but, sadly we live in a capitalist hellscape that's been heavily shaped by #colonialism and white supremacy.