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Anonymous wrote:I used to be deeply involved in political activism but sh!t like this is why I stopped. I was told not to cry “white tears,” to “center black voices,” to relinquish any leadership role I ever earned if challenged by a WOC. Also we were told WOC shouldn’t be asked to work for free, even when our organizations were volunteer lead and run. I saw mismanagement and even theft of fundraising dollars as interlopers overthrew actual leaders demanding their voices be “centered.”
Now I just worry about myself and my family.
+1. Interesting insight from someone who has actually been there and isn’t just spouting crap from the comfort of their home.
Ugh I really hope I’m not adding fuel to a fire. I still completely believe in the mission. While I’m white my kids and sibling are not, and I still believe police abuse is one of the most pressing issues of our time. But there are definitely people in this space trying to capitalize on white guilt and act out their aggression.
+ 1000. You're absolutely correct. It's getting ridiculous.
- Another white mother with a black child
We white women with children of color who are socially engaged probably all have stories of activists who are angry at our existence.
They are angry at you because they perceive that you "took away" a black man, rather than recognizing that you probably endure as much racism as a white person with a mixed race child as those who are black. Sadly, you're shunned by both groups.
I want to be clear that I and my family absolutely do not “endure as much racism” as an entirely black family. That’s an absurd and untrue claim.
But at the same time it’s absolutely the case that the movement has a toxic element that lashes out angrily at white moms of children of color however that came to be (adoption, stepmoms, bio moms of mixed race kids).
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