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rp @moemotivate: Do the Black folks in your life know how much you tokenize them in an attempt to excuse yourself from doing this work?
Have you told the Black folks in your life that when folks discuss matters of racism that you respond with telling folks about the presence of Black folks in your life?
How many times have you told the Black folks in your life, “hey, to avoid the discomfort & responsibility of this work, I use my relationship with you as an excuse and a shield. So I basically exploit our relationship for my benefit. Much like my ancestors did when they would enslave Black folks & exploit their labor for their benefit. I hope you don’t mind. But if you do I’ll just blame it all on you & carry on to the next Black person I can exploit”.
Have you told them this?
Probably not. But this is what you’re doing.
This is what you’re doing even when you’re not saying it but when you’re thinking that bc you have proximity to Blackness that you can’t be racist & therefore don’t need to engage in anti-racism.
But this couldn’t be any further from the truth.
In fact, the closer proximity you have to us should motivate you even more to do this work bc you realize the great possibilities of harm.
But because y’all are too concerned with your ego & your comfort, you bypass the work & carry on believing you’re “woke” because your bestie is Black.
Meanwhile, your bestie has never told you about the racism you’ve engaged in towards them—not because it hasn’t happened but bc they don’t feel safe to share.
And maybe they have shared but you’re not doing the work so you responded poorly & caused more harm—now things have changed between you.
If I knew a white person in my life used their proximity to me as an excuse to avoid this work I would feel betrayed & I would cut them off.
But so many of y’all do this with no regard to the feelings of the person your tokenizing.
And what’s even worse is that you’re going to cause more direct harm the closer you are to Black folks if you’re not at least attempting to do this work.
Stop making excuses to avoid this work & stop exploiting your relationships with Black folks to bypass the responsibility of doing this work.
Do better. Do the work. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
Need Approval
rp @moemotivate: Do the Black folks in your life know how much you tokenize them in an attempt to excuse yourself from doing this work?
Have you told the Black folks in your life that when folks discuss matters of racism that you respond with telling folks about the presence of Black folks in your life?
How many times have you told the Black folks in your life, “hey, to avoid the discomfort & responsibility of this work, I use my relationship with you as an excuse and a shield. So I basically exploit our relationship for my benefit. Much like my ancestors did when they would enslave Black folks & exploit their labor for their benefit. I hope you don’t mind. But if you do I’ll just blame it all on you & carry on to the next Black person I can exploit”.
Have you told them this?
Probably not. But this is what you’re doing.
This is what you’re doing even when you’re not saying it but when you’re thinking that bc you have proximity to Blackness that you can’t be racist & therefore don’t need to engage in anti-racism.
But this couldn’t be any further from the truth.
In fact, the closer proximity you have to us should motivate you even more to do this work bc you realize the great possibilities of harm.
But because y’all are too concerned with your ego & your comfort, you bypass the work & carry on believing you’re “woke” because your bestie is Black.
Meanwhile, your bestie has never told you about the racism you’ve engaged in towards them—not because it hasn’t happened but bc they don’t feel safe to share.
And maybe they have shared but you’re not doing the work so you responded poorly & caused more harm—now things have changed between you.
If I knew a white person in my life used their proximity to me as an excuse to avoid this work I would feel betrayed & I would cut them off.
But so many of y’all do this with no regard to the feelings of the person your tokenizing.
And what’s even worse is that you’re going to cause more direct harm the closer you are to Black folks if you’re not at least attempting to do this work.
Stop making excuses to avoid this work & stop exploiting your relationships with Black folks to bypass the responsibility of doing this work.
Do better. Do the work. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems