Great piece on the work of Anti- Racism

medium.com/@drtaharee/im-white-and-i-m-outraged-by-ahmaud-arbery-s-murder-now-what-247dba493bca

excerpt...  (bolding is by me)

6. Start Somewhere — But for Goodness’ Sake, Don’t Stay There
This may seem like quite a bit. But can you imagine dying just because you’re jogging while Black?

What I’ve noticed throughout my career in diversity, equity, and inclusion is that White people are often clueless about where they belong or could appropriately fit in the racial dialogue and the wider struggle for social justice. I know this can seem overwhelming at times, but the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. A framework I find particularly useful for White people who know something is racially amiss, but don’t know quite where to start, is Jonathan Osler’s concept of moving White people from actors to allies to accomplices.

Osler indicates that actors are White people who are sympathetic to the plight of people of color and may even listen attentively to their injustices. But actors are not going to act boldly necessarily, and they are certainly not going to challenge structural forms of racism. Allies, who are further along on the spectrum of racial understanding, will act in solidarity with people of color. They may travel to a boss’ office alongside you to seek justice, or even speak about your injustice when you are not there. Allies are a valuable breed of people who are ready and willing to go a little further to fight for justice, and to take larger risks.
But accomplices? These are a rare and special breed.

These are White people who not only understand racism as more than, as Peggy McIntosh would say, “a collection of individual acts of meanness,” but are fully locked and loaded to challenge entire systems of racism. These are antiracist White people who know their power and become what I refer to as “conscientious co-opters” of their privilege. They understand racism, they work toward justice with or without recognition, and they don’t need to be prompted by anyone to recognize what’s right and go after that in the struggle for social justice.

These are White people who educate their children about antiracism without it being a school project or requirement. These are White people who confront racist language, jokes, and conversations without hesitation. These are White people who see the news, mobilize their White relatives and friends, and organize responses to senseless murders either in concert with others or by themselves if they have to. These are White people who take the shooting death of an unarmed Black man just as personally as would a Black person, and they are unapologetic about it. These are White people who fully understand that racism functions on multiple levels and must be attacked on all these levels — especially when it comes to structural racial inequity.

If you do nothing else, check out Osler’s White Accomplices website, which offers detailed suggestions on how White people can move from well-meaning to well-doing by directing their money, time, energy, influence, and protest power in every way you can imagine. And in all the ways that matter.

White accomplices fully recognize that of course all lives matter.
But where they stand head and shoulders above other White people is that they also fully recognize that Black lives are disproportionately harassed, punished, and taken, while White lives are disproportionately left unscathed.

White accomplices recognize that Ahmaud Arbery was trying to get some exercise, minding his business, and attempting to enjoy a sunny day in his own neighborhood. But they also recognize that his innocence is irrelevant when the arresting “officers,” street judges, jury, and executioners are accomplices alright, but to downright murder.

In a world of racism, which literally kills innocent people, please be the right kind of accomplice.