A letter written in 06, still relevant every. single. day.
“When confronted, rather than listen openly, you refute any perception of bigotry in your ultra-pure movement or that maybe, just maybe, people of color might have credible/valid points, that even minuscule errors might have been made and you have some work to do. Our effort to candidly communicate issues we see is returned with the posture that you and your movement are above growing, learning or reproach. White privilege has trained you white folks since the spoon that you are an authority, THE authority. You know what’s best and right, whether you say it openly or not, because you’re white.”
The above emphasis in that quote is mine, and is so true after going back and reading some of the responses to what I’ve been posting concerning Ryan Cassata. It’s either some neo-hippie bullshit of “Can we just forget about all this and learn to love each other?” or some more white folks in denial who think that just because he is a trans* activist he can do no wrong in other areas.
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Stop trusting your judgement, White people. We were raised with none in this department.
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