Our world feels unstable at the moment. Brexit. Trump. Backstabbing. Resignations. Scapegoats. Uturns. New Laws. Innocents murdered. Victims villianised. Cognitive dissonance.
I can’t keep watching the news and hearing people talk of not being racist then proceeding to find excuses for condoning the murder of a black person by an officer sworn to uphold the law.
But I’m not racist…
… the KKK hood wearing, Confederate flag waving, violent thug who loves nothing more than to hang out with his/her mates burning crosses, and killing black people- type of racist.
The extremely overt type of racist that frees society from the guilt of ignoring and benefitting from the inequalities and discrimination in our society, whilst proudly proclaiming..
I’m not a racist!
But unless you are actively making a stand against racism – you are supporting the institutionally racist society in which we all live.
I know I’m not saying anything new (and many have said it far more eloquantly than I ever could) but I will not stand at the side quietly: We must not stand at the side quietly. We must bring about the change, we are change.
BH xx
Links to articles who have said this far better than I:
http://occupywallstreet.net/story/explaining-white-privilege-broke-white-person
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/11-things-white-people-can-do-be-real-anti-racist-allies
http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/
https://aeon.co/essays/unconscious-racism-is-pervasive-starts-early-and-can-be-deadly
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/06/alton-sterling-address-police-violence
http://jezebel.com/a-black-woman-police-officer-calls-out-racist-cops-in-h-1783271684
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15796700-americanah
https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/08/27/the-racial-empathy-gap/
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