"Because racism does not rely solely on individual actors, the racist system is reproduced automatically. To interrupt it, we need to recognize and challenge the norms, structures, and institutions that keep it in place.
But because they benefit us, racially inequitable relations are comfortable for most white people. Consequently, if we whites want to interrupt this system, we have to get racially uncomfortable and be willing to examine the effects of our racial engagement.
This includes not indulging in whatever reactions we have- anger, defensiveness, self-pity, and so forth- in a given cross-racial encounter without first reflecting on what is driving our reactions and how they will affect other people."
"Tears that are driven by white guilt are self-indulgent. When we are mired in guilt, we are... Ineffective; guilt functions as an excuse for inaction. Further, because we so seldom have authentic and sustained cross-racial relationships, our tears do not feel like solidarity to people of color we have not previously supported. Instead, our tears function as impotent reflexes that don't lead to constructive actions.
We need to reflect on when we cry and when we don't, and why. In other words, what does it take to move us? Since many of us have not learned how racism works and our role in it, our tears may come from shock and distress about what we didn't know or recognize. For people of color, our tears demonstrate our racial insulation and privilege."
"White people do need to feel grief about the brutality of white supremacy and our role in it. In fact, our numbness to the racial injustice that occurs daily is key to holding it in place. But our grief must lead to sustained and transformative action.
Because our emotions are indicators of our internal frameworks, they can serve as entry points into the deeper self-awareness that leads to this action. Examining what is at the root of our emotions (shame for not knowing, guilt for hurting someone, hurt feelings because we think we must have been misunderstood) will enable us to address these frameworks.
We also need to examine our responses toward other people's emotions and how they may reinscribe race and gender hierarchies. Our racial socialization sets us up to repeat racist behavior, regardless of our intentions or self-image. We must continue to ask how our racism manifests, not if."
Note/ A few days ago, I lost my campaign suddenly. The gofundme decided to close it after it had reached $110,000. I only got $44,000 and lost about $70,000. It was not easy after I worked day and night to collect the amount in order to save my family from the war and treat my father. I will now start from scratch and need your support. 🙏🏻💔
Hello again, I am Aseel from Gaza, I live in war, fear and destruction, we have been living for almost a year now but we do not know how long, we have been displaced from our home more than 11 times,
every time I was displaced to another place I prayed that this would be the last, but then came the idea of forced exit to search for safety where there is no safety, we got very tired and our bodies were exhausted, we no longer had the energy to continue, we lived hunger, thirst, cold and all the difficult conditions that humans cannot imagine,
we did not imagine that a day would come when we would live all of this, I lost my family and my childhood home, even my friends are no longer there, I was left alone!! I am looking for salvation from death, I fear death and I dread it, the idea is terrifying to leave your dreams, ambitions and the life you planned for and go from this world, we do not deny death but we do not want to live it now,
I had a beautiful life, suddenly I do not know how I lost my life, we live in a tent that can only accommodate 3 people, made of nylon that no human can bear, just standing in it for more than two minutes during the day is enough to melt you, in addition to insects, diseases and lack of privacy, imagine all this!! Can you live??
In addition, my father had a stroke due to the loss, and my mother also needs care due to chronic diseases and the lack of treatment, and her condition is getting worse. I am the only one who takes care of them. I really fear loss and I do not want to lose, as I lost a large part of my family, my home, my work, and my entire previous life.
Things here are more difficult than you imagined, reality is painful
We wake up every day to the smell of death, I have been surrounded by tanks and helicopters more than 4 times, each time I do not know how to survive? It seems that my death has not come yet
I do not want to die!! 🥺
Please help me save my life and get out of here, life is impossible
Your donation will save my life, it is the only way, hand in hand we can achieve the goal please
I am Mohammed Mahdi , from Gaza , 24 years old, and this is my story
My family and I were living a beautiful and quiet life.
We owned a very large and beautiful house, and my father owned a perfume company that was one of the largest companies in Gaza. Suddenly, the war broke out. At first, we stayed in our house and did not leave, but after the bombing intensified in northern Gaza, we decided to move to the south. After a short period, we received the news that our company had been bombed.
This news was a shock to us, as we lost our livelihood and all our money. After a short period, we received the news that our house had been burned and destroyed.
Here, my family and I lost everything, and we had nothing left. We moved from tent to tent to preserve our lives. We suffered a lot and a lot. Now, after a whole year of war, I have decided to do a cover-up so that my family and I can travel, preserve our lives, and start over despite all the difficulties that we will face.
Therefore, I hope that you will support me and my family to start over.
All my love to you and my family
✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #261 )✅️
Hi , I am Zainab and I am fundraiser for Mohammed , here Mohammed’s story …
… Zeinab Shimad needs your support for Help Mohammed and his fa
"I am Khawla from Gaza, 34 years old. I stand before you as a person trying to support her family of 5: Me, my husband, and my three children: Muhammad, who is 5 years old; Sham, who is 3 years old; and Ghazal, who is nearly a year and a half old. In our terrible conditions, My son Muhammad contracted hepatitis from drinking contaminated water, and both he and Sham are deprived of their right to register in kindergarten, daycare, or other educational institutions. Additionally, due to the circumstances and lack of income, necessary benefits like milk are not provided to baby Ghazal.🫂💙🥺
With that, my husband's livelihood ha been completely destroyed since we are no longer entitled to work; and we expect to live under miserable conditions in tents in Mawasi Khan Yunis. It is difficult for me to find the words to describe what we face every day in Gaza; with no food, no medicine, no clean drinking water; with oppression, helplessness, psychological pressures, doubts, and daily traumas caused by everything around us and inability to care for loved ones. the fear of danger, disease and death never leaves us🍉🫶
Now, I find myself in this difficult situation, and humbly ask for your help to save the lives of my family, especially my children, by getting us out of Gaza or helping us have money for medication or other necessities we may have access to. Asking for help is not easy, but we were left with no choice because we want to survive and we strive to rebuild our broken lives. We are very grateful for any help you can provide, no matter how small, as your help will contribute greatly to alleviating our suffering. I hope you will share my story with your family and friends."🍉🍉💙🇵🇸🇵🇸
Donation link⬇️⬇️
https://www.gofundme.com/f/
My name is Abi from Lincoln, NE, and I'm raising money for Khawla and her family from … Abi Lass needs your support for Support Khawla's Fam
Life here is filled with daily challenges due to the ongoing blockade and war. My family struggles to secure our basic needs. My parents are ill, and my children suffer from malnutrition due to a lack of food and clean water😥😭😭
Despite everything💔💔
I haven’t lost hope, but the war has worsened our situation, making it harder than I can handle alone. That’s why I’m reaching out for your help. Every donation can make a difference by providing food and clean water for my family👨👩👦👦
My name is Ahmed Al-Habil, a father of a family of six, and I lost almost everything in… Ahmed AlHabil needs your support for Help Save Ahme
Vetted by association. @aya2mohammed (#166 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by el-shab-husssein and nabulsi) has stated that Ahmed (@/ahmed-omar0, @/ahmedomer9) is his brother. See screenshot below and also this post here for proof.
Currently €819 raised of €50,000 goal.
Ahmed used to be a fisherman but has lost his livelihood due to the bombing. He has 4 children: Omar (10), Khadija (9), Ali (6) and Zain (3). His 72-year-old father suffers from chronic diseases and osteoporosis, and his 70-year-old mother suffers from spinal problems, diabetes and high blood pressure. Please share and donate if you are able to!
Please continue to support Ahmed and his family! They are in dire need. Their fundraiser is stagnated and they haven't received any donations in DAYS. They need your help!
Ahmed reached out to me, he said he and his family needs a new tent which now cost €700 plus commission. He and his family needs donations to buy food, warm blankets, and his wife is pregnant, hence the urgency.
Please support Ahmed and his family! If you can’t donate, share and reblog this post to spread awareness so others that can donate, can donate and support his family!
There is only $250 left, please, please, please contribute to them. I am under the shooting. I want to buy a Fuel to evacuate. Please, please, please, please, please, please, take my situation very seriously. Do not underestimate my situation. I am my life in your hands, I will die. Is it easy for you to die? Is your conscience comfortable when you don't help me on the way to possible death? I can't imagine the situation I'm in.
Hello, my name is Andy. I live in Ohio, but I am organizing this fundraiser for Abood and his wife who … Andy S needs your support for Help
You can donate through my paypal account,
Go to paypal.me/AboodResh1 and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
I'm under the bullets of planes and tanks in front of me everywhere, please. Contribute to a donation that helps me get out of the dangerous area.
Hi, my name is Naomi, and I’m from Texas. I’m organizing this fundraiser on behalf of my friend, Ahmed Abu Al-Rish, who is in Gaza. This fundraiser is meant to help him and his family escape the genocide.
“Hello, my name is Ahmed, 19 years old from Gaza. I finished high school with a high average and a very good grade, and because of the genocide war on Gaza, I was deprived of enrolling in university. I had dreams and ambitions to study photographic design, but I was deprived of all of that because of the genocide war on Gaza. I was living the best days of my youth. But with the beginning of this war, I became unable to live my normal life. At least our warm house sheltered me and my family until it was bombed for the first time, that damned night. Our house has become like a ghost town. We continued to seek refuge from death there until we were besieged and displaced from our safety under fire to a tent (shelter) in the bitter cold of winter, with the lack of basic necessities of life (water pollution, high cost of living, disease, insect infestation,
malnutrition,
Difficulty of movement, overcrowding), and many other daily difficulties, especially with the significant increase in prices. This was not the first time we had to be displaced. We moved again from a tent in Rafah to another tent in Khan Yunis. I then returned to our destroyed home to repair what we could to find shelter for my family, despite not having all the basic necessities of life (destroyed sanitation infrastructure and water lines, destroying any form of life). Please help me achieve my dream of completing my academic career at university and for my family to survive this genocide and escape to a safe place. And travel ❤️❤️”
Here’s the link: https://gofund.me/c4472150
Hi, my name is Naomi, and I’m from Texas. I’m organizing this fundraiser on… Naomi G needs your support for Donate to Ahmed's Journey to Sa
Is it not completely insane and mind blowing that a few days ago just marked a solid year of this and we still get lukewarm headlines by mainstream media about how Israel is now ACCUSED of attacking Gaza hospitals (w no actual penalties for it)…. Think pieces by the New York Times that do their absolute best to tiptoe around the subject, if not outright fail to address it…….. and this is most insulting of all but I even saw more than one headline “honoring the memory” of the IOF soldiers who died in a recent attack…… and this all sounds made up but it’s not. It truly is all you see when you look up the news. Truly nothing has changed
Physically and mentally and spiritually sick of all the posturing and virtue signaling w nothing to show for it, so guys I’m asking that you please donate to Marah’s fundraiser. This fundraiser comprises Marah’s family, her brother’s family, and the families of her married sisters. It actually feels hard to breathe whenever I read up on how their tents flooded, or on how the children woke up to the bombing 3 tents away, or how her little nieces and nephews might not be able to survive Gaza’s cutting winter. I don’t want this to be a case where people give this family attention only when a tragic death has occurred. Please please spread this campaign and donate any amount you can. These are literal children living in the midst of death and destruction and it’s really just not fair
Marah has been so proactive in communicating on tumblr in order to advocate for her family and all her loved ones, please continue to support her family's campaign. $20,457 raised of the total 50k goal as of Oct 11, that's almost at the halfway mark.
every single day in Gaza is marked with uncertainty and danger, as weather grows colder a myriad of illnesses get more common as well. Every small donation goes a long way
We are approaching history. 4-11 The anniversary of the martyrdom of my older brother Muhammad in northern Gaza in Beit Hanoun. The city of Beit Hanoun is now under siege as it was under siege on 4/11/2006. The anniversary of the martyrdom of my brother Muhammad at the hands of the Israeli occupation is approaching...and my family is still threatened by death from the same enemy
We live a few meters away from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, which was targeted and burned, and its occupants burned in front of the eyes of the world. All of us in Gaza are vulnerable to being targeted and killed at any moment. In fact, none of us are afraid of death because life now is more terrible and more terrifying. .
The truth we fear is the path of death to which we may be exposed
