#white ally

[gouinisme]

my cishet friend is the only one in his (mostly cishetman) class who even knows a nonbinary person so he's accidentally become the Defender of the TheyThems and i want to thank him for his service o7

[lemonbombsfjl]

[thehalfwaypost]

I’m A White Ally

A poem by Dash MacIntyre about political correctness in a grocery store.

[theartistichuman]

Hi! Here are some tips for white people to get over white guilt (from a white person). So next time you have White Guilt you can make it your own problem, instead of a person of color’s problem.

Step One- Step Back.

Feeling defensive? Feeling guilty? Feeling terrible? Step back. Don’t comment on a post, don’t reblog with superficial statements that say “as a white person I agree” or “we need to do better white people!” None of your commentary does ANYTHING on a post or article or video discussing racism, other than you trying to absolve yourself of guilt. It’s not productive: put your money where your mouth is and go out and learn, donate, spread awareness, sign petitions etc. By commenting this you are proving that your activism begins and ends with absolving yourself of guilt.

Step Two- Analyze

After you’ve stepped back and deleting your useless and/or offensive commentary, ask yourself why you feel this way. Why is your pride hurt? Why is your ego bruised? And more importantly, why does this matter? We as white people are so used to being at the front of discussions that we get offended when suddenly, we aren’t. Use this as a learning moment- analyze your feelings in this situation, and learn and understand where they come from, why they happen, and how you can be better.

Step Three- Accept that this is how you feel

You aren’t going to stop feeling it, because you’re never going to stop being white. So your goal shouldn’t be to minimize your guilt or suppress it, but to leave it alone and manage it. DO NOT place these feelings on POC. It is NOT their responsibility to babysit you. Understanding that this is a lifelong feeling can help you accept these feelings and get over them. Which leads me to my last step.

Step Four- Set Those Feelings Aside.

This is by far the MOST IMPORTANT STEP. White guilt is a momentary blip of negative emotion, whereas racism is an oppressive system that suppresses, traumatizes and kills POC. Your feelings of guilt and hurt do not matter in fighting racism, they are not productive in fighting racism. Use your guilt to analyze your implicit biases and do not express your feelings of guilt beyond that. Use your voice to amplify and do not derail the conversation.

Resources to Educate Yourself

A Definitive Guide to White Privilege

https://thoughtcatalog.com/anonymous/2013/04/a-definitive-guide-to-white-privilege/

How Can I Cure My White Guilt?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/style/white-guilt-privilege.html

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (a study on white fragility itself)

https://libjournal.uncg.edu/ijcp/article/viewFile/249/116

so you want to talk about race By Ijeoma Oluo (this is a link to purchase the book from a black owned business)

https://www.booksandcranniesva.com/book/9781580058827

“Meet Us At Our Table:” the problem with the White Savior complex

https://decolonizingyoga.com/meet-us-at-our-table-the-problems-with-the-white-savior-complex/

Showing Up for Racial Justice

https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/resources.html

[fangirl-heart]

I used to want to be a cop, a homicide detective to be exact. I thought it would be a good way to help people, and give them peace of mind.

That was until now.

After what happened with George Floyd, I would be embarrassed to be a cop. I’m starting to question why I wanted to be in the first place. I know there are good cops, but I’m starting to realize the bad outweigh the good, and even the sometimes the good cops wind up being bad.

The system is broken, it always has been.

This needs to stop. All of the lives that have been lost just because of their skin color is disgusting.

Your job as a police officer is to save lives, no take them. Your job is to issue justice, not create fear among a community.

Your job is to protect and serve, not kill innocents.

If a man tells you he can’t breathe, you listen. And if you were half the officer you were supposed to be, if you weren’t a fucking asshole who doesn’t know how to do your job, he would have never been in that position in the first place.

“Please I can’t breathe. My stomach hurts.

My neck hurts. Everything hurts.

They’re going to kill me” ~George Floyd

George Floyd did not deserve to die.

The system is corrupt, it’s broken.

It always has been. It needs to be fixed.

I am not black, but I see you.

I am not black, but I hear you.

I am not black, but I mourn with you

Black Lives Matter

[ellecarrillo07]

A pro-lifer showed up to the BLM rally at the Berwyn, IL city hall on August 11, 2020. He was the only disruptive clown to show up. An ally faced him down the entire time the woman to the left was speaking.

[aquariusrunes]

Today, at the age of twenty, I found out about this horrible injustice. I was sitting in my living room with my mother, older sister, and my moms two friends, one male and republican, the other female. We are all white, and save for the man, mostly share democratic views.

My mom informed us of this event while we were discussing our issues with the current president of our country. She told us he was holding a “Make America Great Again” rally on Juneteenth (June 19th, the day of Emancipation) in Tulsa. I understood why it was a big deal for it to be happening on this day but not in this place. Then she read us this post she had found on Facebook.

We were all horrified and confused. How could we have not learned about this in any of our history classes through out our combined schooling? I was the first to give an answer: “the powerful white men write the history books.” I said “they can put whatever they want. Whatever will make them look the best.”

My mom has another friend, an elementary school teacher, also a white woman. She was angry and embarrassed to learn about this, upset that she didn’t know. That the children she teaches won’t be taught about this while growing up.

And as we discussed how obscure it was from the lives of ourselves and the people we know, I wanted to do something to shine a little more light on it. So, I asked my mother to send me screen shots of the post, my hope is that this information will circulate on tumblr and get some more attention. I do not know how well this event is know in other areas of the country but even so, I wanted to post this in the hopes that someone who didn’t know may become educated.

I found out about this massacre one short week after going to my first Black Lives Matter Rally and March. We, as the privileged race of this country, have not been doing enough to help our fellow Americans. The ones we have been screwing over since this country was founded and before. We need to do something now. And I hope learning of, or being reminded of, this atrocity will open the eyes of someone who’s attention previously hasn’t been glued to this important issue.

Black Lives Matter. And White people need to start acknowledging that. Because I, as a white woman who’s mixed race cousin will be discriminated against his whole life, am tired of this bullshit. I can’t even imagine how he, and the rest of Black America, feel. I’ll I can do is offer my help to whoever wants it.

[introspectiveimbroglio]

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