The power of white supremacy is maintained to a large degree by institutions (housing, education, criminal in-justice, banking, culture, media, extraction, and so on), rather than by individual racists. Our primary work to end racism goes beyond confronting particular racists; ultimately, it requires dismantling racist institutions and culture. Operation Ghetto Storm, the Malcolm X Grassroots Committees 2012 Annual Report on the extrajudicial killing of 313 Black people details how every 28 hours a Black child, woman, or man is killed by someone employed or protected by the U.S. government. These state-sanctioned killings are the casualties of a perpetual war to invade, occupy and pacify Black communities-- much like the U.S. invades and occupies the Middle East. If you are a white activist, understand that when you choose to fight racism and imperialism, you are joining a protracted, centuries-old struggle which indigenous people and people of color have always been on the front lines of. White people must allow those who have experienced these histories first hand to inform our resistance. From the DGR White Ally Guidelines, read them here: deepgreenresistance.org/en/what-we-do/deep-green-resistance-white-ally-guidelines Video: Hands Up Dont Shoot student march in solidarity with Ferguson, MO youtu.be/BL98cafFd5w
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