Hello my fellow White people!
Me, or anyone else, stating that we live in a White supremacist world is not a personal attack on you as a White person.
If the mention of White supremacy makes you get defensive, if it triggers some sort of feeling, if it makes you argumentative, I invite you to ask yourself why.
I invite you to reflect on why you are so quick to disagree, to counter, to dismiss, to look for examples (i.e., excuses) of why we don't live in a White supremacist world.
I invite you to sit with your uncertainty, to get comfortable with your discomfort, to examine how you contribute to the perpetuity of White supremacy.
I invite you detach from your whiteness, to resist White solidarity with other White people you don't know and probably have little in common with.
I invite you to explore your personal narrative as it relates to the White supremacist system we all live in. I invite to consider ways in which you can change that narrative and begin to write a new antiracist narrative for yourself.
I can't and (usually) won't tell you what to do. You have to want to know who you want to be. Once you have greater clarity on who you want to be, you will have greater clarity on what to do.
So, you up for this challenge?
Sincerely,
A White Guy Confronting Racism