I am a "good" person but I can be a better one.
I'm here to get it right, not be right.
The work of antiracism is becoming a better human to other humans.
We all mess up. We all get shit wrong. But have you built the capacity to care more about others than you care about your own ego?
Proximity to a Black person (relational argument) puts the burden of teaching on Black people. It makes the person of color responsible to change your heart and mind.
Grown White people are adults who can think critically on their own... and look at the world and say something's not right here, let me... change the way I vote, give to an organization that is trying to change this, let me go do.
Marching beside Black people is still for the self. What are you giving?
Every White friend that I have, perceives racial justice, would still be doing the work if I was no longer there. Being friends with me is not the work.
White people like rules, not to do the work the right way, but so we can protect ourselves. The rules are the fence around the ego.
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