bipercyjacksons:colesprousescleavage:An eye-opening perspective (Source)[caption:I recently saw a tw
bipercyjacksons:colesprousescleavage:An eye-opening perspective (Source)[caption:I recently saw a tweet that went something like this:Reading about anti-racism doesn’t make you an anti-racist.My defensive response was immediate.*Man looking at his phone with a thought bubble* Is this putting people down for reading about anti-racism?Then:*Man looking more curious* Wait a minute. What if I switched ‘anti-racism’ with ‘mountain climbing’?Let’s try it out:Reading about mountain climbing doesn’t make you a mountain climber.“*Man reading a book about brain surgery* Right. You can read about something, but then there are a whole series of actions and experiences that lead to you doing that thing.That takes: expert advice, trial and error, humility, setbacks, and regular practice.Not to mention: racism is nuanced with hidden levers, built in secrets, unwritten rules, and over 400 years of social conditioning. *Man thinking with speech bubble: “Crap. The word ‘racism’ set me off.”**Man disappointed* The point here is upsetting: I almost missed the truth of that tweet because of my white defensie response.As a white person in this culture, I need to question my defensive reactions constatnly, or I’m just repeating history.Signed: BH 20] -- source link
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