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Showing Original Post only (View all)Lecia Michelle: "If you want to call me divisive because I talk about race, I'm here for all of it." [View all]
"But if I have to accept that label, so do white people."https://medium.com/LeciaMichelle/if-you-want-to-call-me-divisive-because-i-talk-about-race-im-here-for-all-of-it-55822d459f3a
Just so were on the same page, lets define the word. This is according to Cambridge English Dictionary:
Yeah, thats probably me. So from now on, when I talk to white people about race, Im going to separate them into two groups. The first group will consist of white people who sincerely want to join the fight against racism and oppression. Ill call them potential allies. The second group, Im going to call White people who aint shit. To help you figure out which group youre in, if you hear black folks talking about racism and you call them divisive, angry or racist, then you aint shit.
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But heres the deal. If I have to embrace that label, then white people, you do too. Lets talk about that, shall we?
If a black person is talking about her experience with racism and your immediate response is to spew something that derails the conversation and centers it on both yourself and how we all need to come together as people and not talk about race, then congratulations. Youre divisive. Why, you ask? Because when black people discuss the violent nature of racism and how it personally affects us, were opening ourselves up and being vulnerable so that we can try to enact real change. We share our stories so that you, as a white person, can understand what we encounter in this country. We hope that you then join us in taking up the mantle of racial justice so that we can all fight against racism and white supremacy. If your answer to this is to dismiss our experiences, then you are divisive. And racist.
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If a black man says he was pulled over for driving while black and your response is anything vaguely similar to not everything is about race, then youre divisive. For context, I dont know one black man who hasnt experienced being pulled over because they fit the description of the suspect or they drive a nice car that police assume they stole or a myriad of any other racist reasons. Do white men experience the same thing? Of course not. Why do white people think we share these stories? For attention? No. We share them for change.
Divisive: tending to cause disagreements that separate people into opposing groups.
Yeah, thats probably me. So from now on, when I talk to white people about race, Im going to separate them into two groups. The first group will consist of white people who sincerely want to join the fight against racism and oppression. Ill call them potential allies. The second group, Im going to call White people who aint shit. To help you figure out which group youre in, if you hear black folks talking about racism and you call them divisive, angry or racist, then you aint shit.
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But heres the deal. If I have to embrace that label, then white people, you do too. Lets talk about that, shall we?
If a black person is talking about her experience with racism and your immediate response is to spew something that derails the conversation and centers it on both yourself and how we all need to come together as people and not talk about race, then congratulations. Youre divisive. Why, you ask? Because when black people discuss the violent nature of racism and how it personally affects us, were opening ourselves up and being vulnerable so that we can try to enact real change. We share our stories so that you, as a white person, can understand what we encounter in this country. We hope that you then join us in taking up the mantle of racial justice so that we can all fight against racism and white supremacy. If your answer to this is to dismiss our experiences, then you are divisive. And racist.
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If a black man says he was pulled over for driving while black and your response is anything vaguely similar to not everything is about race, then youre divisive. For context, I dont know one black man who hasnt experienced being pulled over because they fit the description of the suspect or they drive a nice car that police assume they stole or a myriad of any other racist reasons. Do white men experience the same thing? Of course not. Why do white people think we share these stories? For attention? No. We share them for change.
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Lecia Michelle: "If you want to call me divisive because I talk about race, I'm here for all of it." [View all]
EffieBlack
May 2018
OP
More taunting and divisiveness. How lovely. As if your last 10 threads weren't enouigh.
Trust Buster
May 2018
#2
Nope. Actually many here enjoy Effie's OPs, and not many of us consider it "taunting".
George II
May 2018
#31
You need to remove the @ before the author's name to get a link to the article rather
tblue37
May 2018
#9
That *always* happens with Medium links. Twitter links also need tweaking if they are on a
tblue37
May 2018
#22
I just saw something about how divisiveness will break DU and damage America: dramatic!
betsuni
May 2018
#23