White Folks Guide to Protesting

[Anonymous]

Why are there "rules" for white people protesting?

Maybe the people who made these rules should focus on the black people looting and lighting things on fire, maybe send them some rules. That is doing more damage to the cause of the peaceful protests than a white lady in the front of the group shouting something not approved.

[Anonymous]

We are there to support, not to lead. I will never follow directions from anyone, black or white, if I think they are wrong.

[Anonymous]

Useful idiots gonna useful idiot - Lenin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine posted this today. Has anyone else seen it. I am a liberal white woman but this list does not sit well with me and I am afraid to make a comment on her post.

White Folks Guide to Protesting

If you are a white person considering joining a protest this week, here is a list of rules put together for you. Friends of color, if they have forgotten anything, please add.

1, FOLLOW CALLS ONLY. Do not initiate or lead calls. Your job is to follow and add your voice when it is called for.
2. DO NOT TAKE SELFIES. Ask to take pictures or videos of individuals. You are there to witness only. Film the police as much as possible. Your goal is documentation to ensure that the true narrative is told.
3. BE HELPFUL. Hand out water and snacks. Make sure protest leaders are hydrated and fed. This is exhausting work, help keep their energy up.
4. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. If a black person tells you to do something, you do it immediately without question. You respect the authority and the decisions of the black protesters at all times.
5. STAY IN THE BACK UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED FORWARD. If you hear “White people to the front” or “Allies to the front” step forward and link arms with other white people to form a human shield.
6. WHEN YOU ARE AT THE FRONT, YOU ARE SILENT. Your job is to be a body. You are there to support only. The only voices on the police line should be black voices.
7. REMAIN CALM AT ALL TIMES. This is difficult. You will be emotional and your system will be flooded with adrenaline. Remember this is life and death for the protesters. Save your emotions for home. DO NOT AGITATE.
This is not a game. Joining a protest is a serious decision. Make sure you are there for the right reason. Support the safety of black protesters at all times.
Copied/pasted.

No thank you to everything in bold. I'm a human being capable of my own thoughts, decisions and actions. If you don't like it, I'm out.

+1. People are losing their minds over this sh!t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine posted this today. Has anyone else seen it. I am a liberal white woman but this list does not sit well with me and I am afraid to make a comment on her post.

White Folks Guide to Protesting

If you are a white person considering joining a protest this week, here is a list of rules put together for you. Friends of color, if they have forgotten anything, please add.

1, FOLLOW CALLS ONLY. Do not initiate or lead calls. Your job is to follow and add your voice when it is called for.
2. DO NOT TAKE SELFIES. Ask to take pictures or videos of individuals. You are there to witness only. Film the police as much as possible. Your goal is documentation to ensure that the true narrative is told.
3. BE HELPFUL. Hand out water and snacks. Make sure protest leaders are hydrated and fed. This is exhausting work, help keep their energy up.
4. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. If a black person tells you to do something, you do it immediately without question. You respect the authority and the decisions of the black protesters at all times.
5. STAY IN THE BACK UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED FORWARD. If you hear “White people to the front” or “Allies to the front” step forward and link arms with other white people to form a human shield.
6. WHEN YOU ARE AT THE FRONT, YOU ARE SILENT. Your job is to be a body. You are there to support only. The only voices on the police line should be black voices.
7. REMAIN CALM AT ALL TIMES. This is difficult. You will be emotional and your system will be flooded with adrenaline. Remember this is life and death for the protesters. Save your emotions for home. DO NOT AGITATE.
This is not a game. Joining a protest is a serious decision. Make sure you are there for the right reason. Support the safety of black protesters at all times.
Copied/pasted.

No thank you to everything in bold. I'm a human being capable of my own thoughts, decisions and actions. If you don't like it, I'm out.

+1. People are losing their minds over this sh!t.

This appears to be an extension of current progressive thought that if you are not fully engaged without question in all progressive issues, you are a conservative. It appears to have started with latest wave feminism, but I don't have a citation for that. Just my sense. The reality is that the more you force me to accept/advocate all of your positions, the more likely you are to lose me as a supporter. It will be the death of any of these efforts at reform.

[Anonymous]

Man, there is SOOOOOO much white privilege being offended in this thread, lolz!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man, there is SOOOOOO much white privilege being offended in this thread, lolz!!!!

I’m so tired of hearing about white privileged.

FYI I’m not white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man, there is SOOOOOO much white privilege being offended in this thread, lolz!!!!

Critical thought is not exclusive to any race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man, there is SOOOOOO much white privilege being offended in this thread, lolz!!!!

Translation: white people are making good points that don’t align with your SJW narrative. Stop being dismissive! If no one is allowed to talk or express an opinion because they are white, then there are not going to be a whole lot of white allies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, there is SOOOOOO much white privilege being offended in this thread, lolz!!!!

I’m so tired of hearing about white privileged.

FYI I’m not white.

It is a way of silencing people based on their skin color. And anyone who believes that all white people live such privileged lives has never left North Arlington.

[Anonymous]

I'm a white person who will be playing a support role in a march later today. Honestly people who write these lists have to keep it super simple and direct because white people will want to argue, negotiate, and "but what if" their way into positions of authority at every turn. In the training for the march I'll be part of the practical suggestions were-if you see a Black youth doing something you think will be dangerous to them or others, you alert organizers by text that you need a Black elder to step in and have that conversation. If you think the march should be going this way but not that or people should be shouting this but not that, too bad, you did not organize this and your role is to support. If you feel like things are totally off the rails, then back away and go home. My role is to support leadership and provide a buffer from police, if I don't feel comfortable with that then on one is making me be at the protest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a white person who will be playing a support role in a march later today. Honestly people who write these lists have to keep it super simple and direct because white people will want to argue, negotiate, and "but what if" their way into positions of authority at every turn. In the training for the march I'll be part of the practical suggestions were-if you see a Black youth doing something you think will be dangerous to them or others, you alert organizers by text that you need a Black elder to step in and have that conversation. If you think the march should be going this way but not that or people should be shouting this but not that, too bad, you did not organize this and your role is to support. If you feel like things are totally off the rails, then back away and go home. My role is to support leadership and provide a buffer from police, if I don't feel comfortable with that then on one is making me be at the protest.

You lost me at your second sentence.

[Anonymous]

Protesting is a colossal waste of time and attractive to narcissistic personalities.

Also, nice littering! Waded through your water bottles, trash and posters on my way to work today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a white person who will be playing a support role in a march later today. Honestly people who write these lists have to keep it super simple and direct because white people will want to argue, negotiate, and "but what if" their way into positions of authority at every turn. In the training for the march I'll be part of the practical suggestions were-if you see a Black youth doing something you think will be dangerous to them or others, you alert organizers by text that you need a Black elder to step in and have that conversation. If you think the march should be going this way but not that or people should be shouting this but not that, too bad, you did not organize this and your role is to support. If you feel like things are totally off the rails, then back away and go home. My role is to support leadership and provide a buffer from police, if I don't feel comfortable with that then on one is making me be at the protest.

You lost me at your second sentence.

Really, you see no problem with committed black organizers planning a protest, setting out the routes/rules/goals and then having a random white woman start arguing with them that her "All Lives Matter" poster is perfectly appropriate, that they are losing the mainstream by using chants with curses in them, that it would be way better to go and shut down the highway rather than just march to the statehouse. These are all examples that I know of personally and are why these lists exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a white person who will be playing a support role in a march later today. Honestly people who write these lists have to keep it super simple and direct because white people will want to argue, negotiate, and "but what if" their way into positions of authority at every turn. In the training for the march I'll be part of the practical suggestions were-if you see a Black youth doing something you think will be dangerous to them or others, you alert organizers by text that you need a Black elder to step in and have that conversation. If you think the march should be going this way but not that or people should be shouting this but not that, too bad, you did not organize this and your role is to support. If you feel like things are totally off the rails, then back away and go home. My role is to support leadership and provide a buffer from police, if I don't feel comfortable with that then on one is making me be at the protest.

Thank you.