To The Black Women Who Align Themselves With White Supremacy
You are ignorant and misguided.
T o the Black women who think that close proximity to or intimacy with whiteness means you are successful . . .
To the Black women who think that supporting anti-Blackness will protect them . . .
To the Black women who speak out against and separate themselves from Black people, consider themselves one of the “good ones,” and think they are protected by the whiteness around them . . .
You are ignorant and misguided.
That hurt, I know. And you might have already stopped reading, but I hope you’ll give me a chance, like I gave your excuse of a rationale for supporting a white supremacist candidate a chance. Stay with me here.
I get why you’d do this. I understand the safety that whiteness represents. The white people public relations campaign proffers a beautifully malevolent message that worms its way into our subconscious and unconscious before we realize it’s happening.
The white people public relations campaign proffers a beautifully malevolent message.
I understand the belief that white equals right. I grew up in this stew of racist patriarchy and I…
