"We are running out of time to fix this. I have to believe that it's not too late, and I hope you believe that too, because we have so much to do.
But this is a human problem. These expectations of violent white manhood were set by people. The centering of white manhood at the expense of everyone else was done by people. These systems of power guaranteeing that a few white men will maintain power over us all, and that the remaining white men will spend their lives clawing toward whatever little power is left, have been built by people.
People who were the first to use violence and oppression. People who have worked very hard to convince us that there has never been a time when they were not in charge, and there will never be.
But these people were no smarter or more special than us, and they depend on us, on our continued participation in the systems of oppression they have built to maintain their power. We have to find where we have been bonded to these systems, both individually and collectively, and we have to sever these bonds.
I believe we can. I believe it because even after centuries of oppression and conditioning, we are still here pushing and fighting against it. After centuries of being told that the cost of standing up to white male supremacy is too high, we still stand."
Conclusion- Mediocre, Ijeoma Oluo
2087
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