“If you’re a white man in America, you have a decision to make: become an agent of change or a victim of progress."
– Andrew Horning
White people, are we going to use our power for good or are we going to continue to use our power to perpetuate inequity?
Are we going to continue to sit on our privileged asses as countless people suffer under the grip of White supremacy?
Are we going to ignore the lived realities of people who don't look like us?
Are we going to gaslight BIPOC folks when they share their experiences?
Are we going to continue to engage in defensive, dismissive, condescending, sanctimonious, patronizing behaviors?
Are we going to continue to fear racial progress and equity and justice?
Are we going to continue to claim that we are not the problem, that we are "good," "nice," and "not racist"?
Are we going to sweep under the rug with a giant push broom any and all conversations about racism?
Or are we going to change?
Are we going to listen?
Are we going to be humble?
Are we going to be empathetic and compassionate and humane?
Are we going to continue to perpetuate the narrative of the privileged majority?
Or are we going to start telling a more accurate, more compelling story that includes a multitude of perspectives?
Are we agents of change?
Or not?