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Dear fellow white people, 

yummydick:

Things we should internalize about racism:

  • We can be “nice,” “smart,” “compassionate,” “caring” and racist at the same time. None of these are mutually exclusive.
  • It doesn’t matter if we didn’t mean to be racist. Intentions don’t matter. Actions & consequences do.
  • Just because you “don’t hate people of color” doesn’t mean you’re not racist. Racism is subtle, sub-conscious, and ingrained into every fiber of our being.
  • Racism is about social domination by whites. Isolated incidents are only relevant if they relate to greater social truths.
  • Having friendly/romantic relationships with people color does not make us exempt from being racist.
  • We don’t live in a vacuum. Everything we do relates to society as a whole.
  • Prejudice and racism are not the same thing. Only white people can be racist.
  • Just because we’re queer, non-christian, whatever you can still be racist.
  • People of color have more experience with racism than us in the West and regions dominated by the West. Always.
  • It’s not about how we feel. It is not about us.

(via allysaurus92)


5 months ago - 1,083 notes - © yummydick

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    Only white people can be racist.
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    So very important.
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    I had a conversation about this yesterday and I feel like I couldn’t quite articulate what I meant and hey - here it is....
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    The only part I disagree with is the last line. With every issue, it’s about everyone that’s involved, to some degree....
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