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Jul 2, 2021

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White People, It is Time to Stop the Performative Allyship

Do the justice work instead

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It is time to stop

It is time to stop posting all your self-congratulatory pics in your “Black Lives Matter” t-shirts. It is time to stop trying to prove to your one Black friend that you are not a racist.

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