You are born into a racist society. You have to be taught to racist - and like anything else if you can learn it you can unlearn it. What were dealing with here is mental illness, racism is mental illness. Racism is the number one mental health problem among children in the United States. ~ Jane Elliott, 1992 White-privileged people see racism as conscious hate, when racism is bigger than that: its an abusive system of white supremacy, and an insidious cultural disease. Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. White Supremacy is a system of power that is as active today as any time in this cultures history. As white activists, we have been socialized into a culture of domination and often carry, practice, and reproduce racism in our own work. Racism is a threat to the health and continuation of all communities, including political ones. We therefore ask all white activists to commit themselves in every aspect of their lives, political or otherwise, to dismantling racism, personally and culturally. Communities of color alone cannot change white communities from the outside, nor is it their responsibility. Read our White Ally Guidelines here: deepgreenresistance.org/en/what-we-do/deep-green-resistance-white-ally-guidelines https://youtube/watch?v=ms4NJx0wwXM
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:05:15 +0000
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