drivethruthis

FYI, not wanting to emphasize race, wanting to be color blind, not wanting to focus on racism in movements (like OWS and feminism for example), saying we all bleed red, or nobody’s life is perfect and we’re all oppressed, and etc.

is racism. It is trying to circumvent dealing with racism. It is trying to deny that racism impacts people’s lives in real ways. It is racist.

When racism is not cared about & when it is tossed to the side, PoC’s needs are not addressed. Only white people’s needs are addressed since literally everybody faces racism except white people.

If you tell me not to emphasize my race I’ll remind you that my race is emphasized everyday. So if you want to pretend that isn’t happening, you’re racist.

Maybe not intentionally, because maybe you hadn’t thought about it in depth. Many white people are racist just because they were brought up not to consider the needs of non-whites and not to consider that this is a white supremacist country, not because they hate non-whites necessarily.
But that is no matter to me. It’s still racism.

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