madame thursdayre white privilege
Acknowledging white privilege isn’t when you say nice-sounding phrases like, “As a white woman, I’ll never understand what it’s like to a black woman even though we’re both women.”
Do you think you get points for that when you say racist stuff anyway?
You ain’t understanding because you don’t care to. Racism isn’t complicated. Read a sociology textbook on institutional racism and learn about stereotypes and reflect on racial insensitivity (see shit white girls say to black girls for some examples) and you can get it covered.
Acknowledging white privilege is understanding those aforementioned things and validating the words and feelings of black people. If we’re angry or disillusioned, there is probably a reason. Black people’s default isn’t distrust and anger. If we have a separate movement, there is probably a reason. We’re not too dumb to know what’s best for us.
Acknowledging white privilege is taking a step back & thinking, “hmm, maybe this black person knows more about combating racism and the pervasiveness of racism and what it’s like dealing with it than I as a white person do.”
I know, rocket science.
If you saw me as a human in the first place (one on the same level as you), it really wouldn’t be difficult for you to figure out why I am the way I am when it comes to race. Especially, if you listened to me instead of talking over me and around me with faulty logic and disrespect.
“But what about the White people who had a rough life?”
