I'm Not Interested in Your White Solidarity

Oh, I see, because I’m White and you’re White, we're basically the same.

That even though we've just met, because we're both White we share the same views.

That I too hold outdated perspectives about race.

That because you don't know what the fuck you're talking about means that I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about either.

That because you think it's okay to say and think and do racist things I also think it's okay to say and think and do racist things.

That because you never read books by and about Black people, listen to podcasts hosted by and featuring Black people, or follow Black people on social media, that I too am unfamiliar, uninterested, and uninvested in the vast dynamism of the Black experience.

That because you think your whiteness is "normal" I think my whiteness is "normal" too.

That we have some sort of secret bond, some sort of innate connection, some sort of magical unspoken trust.

That because we're both White I would automatically choose to listen to you, side with you, believe you, support you, instead of people who are not White.

That because you have chosen to cling to White supremacy I have chosen to cling to White supremacy too.

I invite you to reconsider your assumptions and try again.

Because I'm not interested in your White solidarity.