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When Will People Of Color Start Raising The Goddamn Bar For White People?
I’m challenging fellow people of color to call out white fragility.
Why is the bar set so low when it comes to white accountability?
This week, in another example of “white wokeness,” a white woman started fundraising for her nonprofit. Her goal was to promote unity, equity, and start conversations about differences.
Seems legit, right? Wait for it …
Her grand idea was selling “I Love Your Melanin” t-shirts, then donating the money to a charity of the buyer’s choosing.
I don’t know about you, but I love, love, love it when random white people tell me how much they love parts of my body. That is not objectifying in any way. I cannot wait until I’m walking down the street and some random white person puffs out their chest at me — not to show dominance or superiority like they normally do — but to show solidarity with my melanin situation. Now that’s what I call progress.
I cannot wait until I’m walking down the street and some random white person puffs out their chest at me to show solidarity with my melanin situation.
