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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As soon as you point the white supremacy on DCUM, the white mommies are coming after you. Lady, your bigotry is showing and it ain't pretty.[/quote]

That was a very effective argument in Virginia tonight. [/quote]

And this is why nice white people should read all those Kendi books listed earlier. Not necessarily your kids but the parents.

I am watching nice white moms in our school read these books and talk about it. Some are married to men of color. They want a better world for their kids. As a mom of color it was so nice to see. They didn’t know if it was helping but they come from very white parts of the country. Things they post and learn about will trickle back when the post on FB, when they go visit parents etc.

If you can’t name a black author besides Toni Morrison, James Baldwin or Maya Angelou you are the problem. [/quote]

Totally agree with you, the Black identity is the most important. It’s definitely not important if you can’t name three South American authors, other people’s culture need to take a step back because their ancestors didn’t face slavery and discrimination. I don’t think three is enough though, I feel the number should be at least into double digits, otherwise you can’t really call yourself an ally.

Nice white people are only nice on the surface, underneath they just want to preserve their privilege. It’s important to remind them they might actually be racist if they don't read Kendi’s books and don’t agree with your point of view. Equally important is to tell people what books to read, otherwise how do they get to have the correct thinking? Nice white people will never understand the experience of a black person in America, but at least they need to do the introspective anti racist work and realize their contribution to the marginalization of people of color. Kendi’s books are excellent in telling nice white people that they are the problem.

Saying this as a parent, it’s all for the kids.

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It must be nice to brush slavery under the rug because you are able to benefit, even now.

No one said just read Black authors but yes the Black/White paradigm is an issue. However the fact that you take it as ‘whites are the problem’ tells me you didn’t listen and don’t want to. That’s how the term white fragility came to be. Yes, the Black community also have things we surely need to work on. However the fact is that only reading white authors is not acceptable, even if they are all great like Shakespeare.

We no longer can nor should accept that, I want my child to read books by all kinds of races and cultures, including white.[/quote]

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