The Real Truth behind my SJW Ways.

Shannon Barber
Nov 6 · 3 min read

Or: why I am so damn mean.

For many years often the response to my anti-racism work, from essays to Facebook conversations one of the first things folks often tell me is that I’m being cruel. That, regardless of the content of what I’ve said, that I am not loving, I am not interested in caring and nurturing. Like most other Black women and Femmes, frequently I am called a bully.

This happens the fastest when I deal with White women. A lot of the time they won’t speak to me directly, I will reach a point in the conversation that I feel gaslit…

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