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In reply to the discussion: Carville was right. Here's why it doesn't matter [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)But that attitude that it's Black and Brown people's responsibility to convince white people to pay attention to civil rights and social justice and if they don't it's our fault because we didn't say it right while other white people sit back and offer critiques but not a hand is a major part of the problem.
You don't need to be a "civil rights activist" to understand and explain equality and equity to your fellow white people. You just need to be a decent human who is paying attention to what is happening around you. And if you really do think you need to be a civil rights activist to do that, what's wrong with you and some of your fellow white becoming civil rights activists? It's not that hard. And it doesn't take any special training. White people do it all the time.
Talk to white people involved in the struggle. Talk to Black people and listen to what we have to say instead of telling us what you think we're doing wrong or what our obligations to white people are.
Read some books. Or you can start slow by just reading my whole post, which dealt with much more than explaining "wokeness" to white people who feign obtuseness. In fact, that was almost an aside in my comment, which you largely ignored.
Care to respond to the rest of what I wrote?