S/o - what should caring white people do?
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Anonymous
I’m Jewish, and although I don’t compare being Jewish in America today to being black...I am well aware that’s not a comparison...when acts of anti-semitism happen, I find it comforting to hear non Jewish people condemn those acts. I don’t think I’m anyone’s savior. But I do hope if I make it clear that I don’t support racism, it makes it more uncomfortable for other people to be racist. |
Anonymous
Except that’s not what that was. It was white people showing up for black people and taking action at the request of black people. The protests have been organized that way. White saviors show up unannounced and unwanted to save the poor minorities from the fresh hells of white imagination. White allies show up when invited and follow without trying to lead or center themselves. |
Anonymous
There's real racism, and a need for everyone to try to fight it, and for black people to take charge in confronting whoever or whatever is really causing the problems, when that's possible. And there are also people of all types, including black people, who are arrogant, entitled, mean people, and who use racist oppression as an excuse to be as mean as they probably would be if they were rich white people, or middle-income Asian people. You think you're speaking up for black people and opposing The Man and saying your say, or whatever, but you're also really mean. You're probably as mean to the black people around you as you are to the white people. You may not even know that, because you've terrorized them into silence by being really mean. If you ever get real power, you'll be very mean, and you'll create a mean power structure that happens to be led by you, instead of by a white person. I think a lot of us are trying to accommodate you, because we want for the world to be better. But accommodating you is actually as wrong as accommodating a toxic white racist. You're just two sides of the same cruel coin. |
Anonymous
Yeah, the white savior label seems to be a better fit for the evangelical types who think they need to go to parts of the world they consider "uncivilized" and convert them to Christianity. At the end of the day it is self-serving. I think a lot of white people genuinely want to do the right thing right now, and don't care if they receive attention or adulation from it. They are realizing that none of this changes if they don't get involved because they are the ones who have upheld it, not because they think they need to "save" black people. |
Anonymous
Agreed. As a Muslim-American I appreciate words of solidarity from non-Muslims when islamophobic events happen (think: New Zealand mosque massacre and the like). We must all unite and show solidarity. |
Anonymous
vice versa man. |
Anonymous
+ every one of the hundreds of Black relative, peer, colleague, friend, i know. If I think to everyone at my wedding, no one would be so proud as to not welcome a champion from a white woman. That is a strong voice of influence that has been studied and written about since slavery was abolished. |
Anonymous
Not the PP to you whom you are responding but will try a different tact. The onus on us white folks is educate ourselves and reduce harm - there is so much harm reduction that needs to be done in white communities - you will never run out of things to do. |
Anonymous
| Go out and peacefully protest. On Wednesday at 5pm go to your town center, busy intersection and take a knee. Then do what many of you do best, post on social media lines and lines of regular white people taking the knee. |
Anonymous
Of course you do and of course it is. Regardless, white people are a majority(still? are they still?) in the United States. And hold the political and economic power and the military in their hands. So, minorities do need help of some white people to see the change happen. I'd rather see white people join against racists. When kids of racists start joining anti racist protest changes can happen in many racist families. |
Anonymous
| I think hispanics are now the "minorty majority" in the U.S. |
Anonymous
Indian bodyshops are very racist. No one should be helping them |
Anonymous
Except she was centering herself, no? I get it. It’s tough fur whites to figure out how to “help.” |
Anonymous
Even still, white people have the most powerful, unchallenged voice. You have the security of safety and respect to protect you when people disagree. |