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.
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Anonymous wrote:OP, what part doesn’t sit well with you? Too many white people making it about themselves, doing performative crap, and using it for their IG feed (which also puts protestors at risk). Just go to support the leaders or don’t go at all. It’s not about you.

Of course not but, I thought that whites are needed to change the society? Treating others as you do not want to be treated because of past injustice does not make you "right" You become whom you are tying to fight against. Read Animal Farm. Not all white people are bad. Know your history!

https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-Gaming-16518-Cranium-Hullabaloo/dp/B00008MIGQ

+1.

+2. This kind of behavior undermines blm.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what part doesn’t sit well with you? Too many white people making it about themselves, doing performative crap, and using it for their IG feed (which also puts protestors at risk). Just go to support the leaders or don’t go at all. It’s not about you.

Of course not but, I thought that whites are needed to change the society? Treating others as you do not want to be treated because of past injustice does not make you "right" You become whom you are tying to fight against. Read Animal Farm. Not all white people are bad. Know your history!

https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-Gaming-16518-Cranium-Hullabaloo/dp/B00008MIGQ

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what part doesn’t sit well with you? Too many white people making it about themselves, doing performative crap, and using it for their IG feed (which also puts protestors at risk). Just go to support the leaders or don’t go at all. It’s not about you.

Of course not but, I thought that whites are needed to change the society? Treating others as you do not want to be treated because of past injustice does not make you "right" You become whom you are tying to fight against. Read Animal Farm. Not all white people are bad. Know your history!

https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-Gaming-16518-Cranium-Hullabaloo/dp/B00008MIGQ

Anonymous wrote:OP, what part doesn’t sit well with you? Too many white people making it about themselves, doing performative crap, and using it for their IG feed (which also puts protestors at risk). Just go to support the leaders or don’t go at all. It’s not about you.

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if Black people would be happier if allowed their own space. If they were allowed to govern, educate, police etc themselves?

Also, my friend is married to a Black man. His sister told my friend that if she was truly an ally, she would have not taken a Black man, who are scarce away from Black women.

Her sister-in- law said that this act was "centering " her needs as a white woman over the needs of the Black community.

Anonymous wrote:These rules seem totally fair to me. I don’t understand what the issue is.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if Black people would be happier if allowed their own space. If they were allowed to govern, educate, police etc themselves?

Also, my friend is married to a Black man. His sister told my friend that if she was truly an ally, she would have not taken a Black man, who are scarce away from Black women.

Her sister-in- law said that this act was "centering " her needs as a white woman over the needs of the Black community.

That's white privileges, my friend/

Instead of sister resenting the white wife she should ask her brother why he didn't pick a black wife. He had free will. What was it about black women that made him choose to marry a white.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if Black people would be happier if allowed their own space. If they were allowed to govern, educate, police etc themselves?

Also, my friend is married to a Black man. His sister told my friend that if she was truly an ally, she would have not taken a Black man, who are scarce away from Black women.

Her sister-in- law said that this act was "centering " her needs as a white woman over the needs of the Black community.

That's white privileges, my friend/

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if Black people would be happier if allowed their own space. If they were allowed to govern, educate, police etc themselves?

Also, my friend is married to a Black man. His sister told my friend that if she was truly an ally, she would have not taken a Black man, who are scarce away from Black women.

Her sister-in- law said that this act was "centering " her needs as a white woman over the needs of the Black community.

Regrettably, there's something to be said about the idea of self-segregating into more racially and ethnically homogeneous states. If we ultimately fail to build one new state that provides true equity between races and ethnicity, then that's probably where we'll find ourselves.

I think we're stronger together, but this may simply prove unworkable.

Anonymous wrote:What about people of Asian descent? Do we follow the white people rules for protesting, or does it depend on what kind of Asian we are?

Anonymous wrote:Half white, half Asian woman. I have no problem with the list It makes a lot of sense to me, actually.