Post by pancakes on Jun 3, 2020 4:57:55 GMT
I’d love to start a discussion about current events, if there are a few of us here.
It’s an important time, yet there’s a feeling of limbo. The racial injustices hit home, but I also don’t want to minimize the focus on black lives now — not other people of color.
So much of the rhetoric is specific to black-white dynamics. Things feel both applicable and not applicable to other POC at the same time. Like should I be reading books like White Fragility or other similar literature? I’m affected by systemic racism, yet I acknowledge that my relatives and ancestors were not here when slavery that built this country. How can we best affect change when we aren’t either player in the conversation?
I’m trying to be a good ally and walking my own path in encountering racism at the same time.
Wasn’t sure if anyone else was having similar feelings.
It’s an important time, yet there’s a feeling of limbo. The racial injustices hit home, but I also don’t want to minimize the focus on black lives now — not other people of color.
So much of the rhetoric is specific to black-white dynamics. Things feel both applicable and not applicable to other POC at the same time. Like should I be reading books like White Fragility or other similar literature? I’m affected by systemic racism, yet I acknowledge that my relatives and ancestors were not here when slavery that built this country. How can we best affect change when we aren’t either player in the conversation?
I’m trying to be a good ally and walking my own path in encountering racism at the same time.
Wasn’t sure if anyone else was having similar feelings.
