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rp @andrearanaej: Do not let your outrage dissipate into complacency or lead you into burnout.
Let yourself have the anger and grief. And use it to guide you toward action in the direction of the world you wish to see.
Outrage, alone may not create the change you wish to see.
Opposition, alone may not create the change you wish to see.
Action fueled only by outrage or opposition, without a vision for what else could be possible, comes with the (high) risk of recreating the systems and ways of being that we have right now.
Feeling the outrage may be a necessary step, but it is only just a step toward creating something different in the world.
If you seek justice, clarify what justice means (to you, your communities and those you wish to support), what it looks like, what it requires and what part you play in that.
If you seek liberation, clarify what liberation means (to you, your communities and those you wish to support), what it looks like, what it requires and what part you play in that. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @nowhitesaviors: So no, white people are NOT the problem, white supremacy is & anyone can choose whether to continue to align themselves with or actively move away from it.
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rp @privtoprog: Reminder to question everything you learned in school. History is overwhelmingly written and taught from the perspective of the oppressor, not the oppressed. You will learn more about their victories and breeze through the necessary troubles, pain, hurt, war, injustices and such they brought. #blackhistory - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @changecadet: We appreciate it. We do. Please don't remain stuck or overwhelmed while learning and unlearning. Take action! There's so many ways! Take action. We need, Black people need you to take action! Be uncomfortable. Do the work. Find somewhere to start! Don't you agree?! #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @woketeachers: There are no shortcuts here, you can't strive to be an anti-racist educator without being anti-racist within your daily life. Remember, being anti-racist is a lifelong journey that isn't about who you are, but rather WHAT YOU DO. Yes, reflect on your practices within your classroom, but also consider your actions within your family, community, and everyday life. Any teachers following us? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @britthawthorne: Anti-racism work needs passion, time, inclusivity. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @ibramxk: Only us citizens, civilians and such can help each other. We all know higher powers and positions don't have POC in their best interests, so it's up to us individuals to help each other all rise. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @ohhappydani: Don’t let his feel-good quotes fool you – Dr. King’s message is more than just peace, love, and dreams. It’s a rebuke to those who are silent in the face of injustice and a propeller to direct action that brings about real change. Whatever it must take right? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @educatorsforjustice: What will you be doing in your lessons? Share ideas and tools to combat racism within the classroom for this upcoming in person or virtual school year. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @americahatesus: Reminds us so much of the Toni Morrison quote that goes like this:
“My feeling is that white people have a very, very serious problem. And they should start thinking about what they can do about it. Take me out of it.” Don't you see? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @magthehistorian: Your silence already has done harm. Be antiracist to repair past harm and prevent future injustices. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @moemotivate: Anti-racism work needs all the time it can get to educate people. There's plenty for you to work on, learn and unlearn. Be antiracist EVERYDAY. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @nmaahc: Just as the Civil Rights and Black Power movements pursued goals of justice and equality in the 20th century, Americans must decide how to advance these goals into the 21st century. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
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RP ibramxk: #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
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It's the "do" for me...
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You can't wait on anyone to move forward as a prerequisite for you taking action. If the people around you are not running with haste in the direction of antiracism, it's time for you to lead in getting yourself educated to increase your versus knowledge and act.
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If you have interest in teaching your children about black history and antiracism from an African American perspective, and if you have the ability, consider donating/contributing to my work tangibly by joining The Classroom. Click the first link in my bio to signup.
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rp @thefreeblackwomenslibrary: Fight with us! These chains haven't gotten any looser. #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @sincerely.lettie: In what ways have you been aligning yourself? Listening? Doing?
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rp @educatorsforjustice: No way we are doing that! America will learn to embrace, care for, love, and respect black and brown bodies.
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rp @layalfsaad: There’s collecting the information. And then there’s creating the transformation. There’s understanding it in thought. And then there’s embodying it in action. Where are you at? #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @privtoprog: The work can’t stop because the news does.
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rp @rachel.cargle: Knowing about your privilege isn’t enough. Being “awake” to the power you hold because of your privilege isn’t enough. Being in conversation about privilege isn’t enough. Where the work is is in how you USE that privilege. So let us know what you plan to do, what you've done.... #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @moemotivate: Anti-racism is a lot of things but it’s surely not anti-white people.
Y’all, this work is about dismantling systems of oppression.
And when we call out white supremacy & demand for things to change we’re calling out a system of oppression that oppresses Black folks while benefiting white folks. Though it’s important to note that white supremacy hurts white folks too—but that’s another conversation
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rp @laylafsaad: Yes, anti-racism work is uncomfortable. And we happy to talk about how we feel people can navigate that discomfort. But in talking about how hard and uncomfortable this work is, my ask is for people with white privilege to not forget that the discomfort truly is incomparable to the discomfort of being harmed or dying due to racism. White Centering will have people with white privilege focusing on how hard this work is for them, instead of truly thinking about how hard racism is for Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC).
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rp @moemotivate: if we’re not hearing from women of color in this movement then this isn’t a movement at all for us. It’s just another opportunity for white women to solidify and ban together while standing on the backs of black and brown women.
It doesn’t have to be this way. And that’s why I’m inviting all the folks who are out here influencing in the anti-diet culture movement to take a real honest look at their work. I want them to ask how does their message include voices like mine? I want them to ask how much time and effort have they put into learning about anti-racism and the intersection of the diet culture and white supremacy and how they uphold and reinforce it.
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Know these differences and know yourselves. Let's be transparent.
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rp @leeseareneehall: "Leesa, what's the difference between white fragility and being highly sensitive?"
#WhiteFragility, a term coined by Dr. Robin DiAngelo, and #HighlySensitivePerson, a term coined by Dr. Elaine Aron, seem like they're similar because both refer to emotions.
Where they differ is how those emotions are used when doing anti-racism work.
When emotions are used to suppress, silence, or shut down conversation around racism and skin colour privilege, that's white fragility.
But when emotions are used to express grief around how the culture of oppression diminishes your intuition, empathy, and ability to recognize injustice, inequity, and inequality, that's being a highly sensitive person.
White fragility is rooted in control, dominance, and violence.
Reclaiming your sensitivities is rooted in humility, repentance, and repair.
The only way to move from fragility to being sensitive is to do the deep inner work.
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rp @rachel.cargle: The whole system must go.
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But white people are so deeply committed to maintaining supremacy, so deeply invested in their comfort, so committed to their bubbles of privilege, so horribly terrified that they might be tainted by the reality of true equality and it’s obvious every single day. Every single day black and brown bodies, black and brown livelihoods, black and brown opportunities to live whole and full lives are disenfranchised, stunted, killed off and forgotten. All for the maintenance of whiteness. Stop being a custodian to the system.
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Whether you are participating knowingly or unknowingly, intentional or not. Whether your eyes are open or closed.... the system still stands to oppressing people of color.
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Until the entirety of white supremacy is dismantled you will continue to benefit from it as a person who lives inside a body with white skin.
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There is deep, gritty, relentless work to do. Are you helping or sitting and watching? Staying silent and just shaking your head or allowing yourself to feel things and taking action? #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
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RP @ ibramxk We are finding our strength. Like past generations, we are finding our courage. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @decolonizemyself: Speak what's on your mind that benefits marginalized communities. Take actions that lead us closer together, closer in unity, closer to getting justice for Black lives, equality for humanity. #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @teachfortheculture: Having a “diverse curriculum”, including books with characters of diverse backgrounds, striving for “equity”, a focus on “inclusion”; #NONE OF THESE ARE THE SAME AS “Anti-racism”, nor should the terms be used INTERCHANGEABLY!!! — Too often as educators, we just hear a term and “put it out there” and say that we are “doing it” because it’s “the thing” to do, not even realizing that we don’t have a full grasp of the term!! #antiracism Comment any differences you see below! - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @educatorsforjustice: Just a polite reminder! In remote learning you still have the obligation to teach. What's stopping you from teaching and practicing antiracism?- #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @austinchanning: It seems at some point symbolic gestures from those who have the power to enact real antiracist changes are just another form of violence. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @moemotivate: When you’re silent about matters impacting Black lives it sends a strong and consistent message that you’re in agreement with the oppression and disparities we’re experiencing. That’s violent. Put in the work, actions, words, and passion RIGHT NOW. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @moemotivate: Anti-racism is a life long practice.
It’s a daily quest to learn and unlearn.
It’s a on-going commitment.
It is not about being a good person or feeling good about yourself, it’s about doing the right thing. It’s about identifying and eliminating racism from attitudes, beliefs, systems, structures and culture and redistributing resources equitably. Be anti-racist everyday. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
Rp @jane_elliot_. To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor. -Jane Elliott - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @andrearanaej: Silence is not violence. Silence is a decision. Every decision comes with consequences.
Consequence: the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier
Consequences are not inherently bad or good, they just are.
A consequence of silence might be that you get to rest or reconnect with what’s true for you.
A consequence of silence might be that violence continues on without intervention.
A consequence of silence might be that you’ve made space to listen to the unheard.
A consequence of silence might be that other people assume you’re doing nothing.
A consequence of silence might be that the rest of us may never get to experience what you have to contribute to the world.
Whatever decision you make in any moment comes with consequences and you are responsible for those. Meaning you are able to respond as you see fit. If the consequences you’re experiencing are not getting you what you want, you can always make a different decision. “Silence is violence” often comes with a binary of right and wrong and an accusation of “if you’re silent, you are wrong.” White supremacy thrives off these rigid binaries and absolute truths without space for complexity.
Silence is a decision. You get to decide when and how you use silence. Only you can discern whether that decision is aligned with your integrity. Only you can discern whether the consequences you’re seeing/experiencing from that decision is what you want or if you need to pivot. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
RP @ibramxk. A word on the rage. #ahmaudarbery #seanreed #covid19disparities #Racism #Antiracist #antiracism Together we go further. Comment “We got each other” if you believe in antiracism. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @austinchanning: This. Forever. Work to make antiracism forever. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
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rp @woketeachers: Same is not fair. This is a concept children can understand.
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rp @wellreadblackgirl:
ac·tiv·ism - the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
A few years ago, if you would have told me that I would start a tour company that focuses on antiracism that would led me to becoming NBJ 40 Under 40, I would have believed you.
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My purpose is greater than me. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems