These are your white allies on Facebook

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When you're exhausted from debating race with strangers, they step in
By Cassandra Santiago and AJ Willingham, CNN

Updated 9:27 AM ET, Wed December 6, 2017

(CNN)Social media conversations on race typically take one of two routes.

The first, and the one less traveled, leads to a thoughtful, fact-driven exchange of ideas. The second (more popular) route leads to bitter back-and-forth filled with tired stereotypes or racially inflammatory barbs.

But now, when discussion swerves in the second direction, there's a group of white allies prepared to do the rerouting.
White Nonsense Roundup is a social media watchdog group with about 100 white volunteers. Its goal: to relieve people of color from the emotional labor of engaging with a person's racist or racially insensitive thoughts.

Say, a person of color makes a post about Black Lives Matter. Then others respond with ignorant or offensive comments. That person can tag White Nonsense RoundUp to snatch some edges -- or, better put, to educate people with context and fact-based views.
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Think of it like roadside assistance for social media debates you're tired of having.
"It's really unfair that we expect people of color to experience racism, but then also explain it to us," the group's co-founder Terri Kempton, a book editor and college instructor, told CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/health/social-media-race-debate-allies-trnd/index.html

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GET INVOLVED
Are you really active on social media? Do you love to use your persuasive writing skills for good, not evil? Are you well-versed in anti-racist advocacy, and able to keep your cool when it comes to difficult online conversations? Are you capable of taking feedback in stride, especially when it comes from our friends of color? Then we may want you on our team! Here’s how it works:

1. Send an email to [e-mail] with the subject heading “volunteer". Include links to your social media like Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Facebook. We will review your sites, including friending you on Facebook, so that we can ensure our team’s integrity and dedication to anti-racist activism.

2. If you’re the right match, we will email you a sample problematic statement and ask you to respond in a firm but compassionate fashion.

3. If selected, a WNR admin will contact you with instructions and login information.

4. Let the white nonsense roundup commence!

https://www.whitenonsenseroundup.com/get-involved