Some Basic Racist Ideas and some Rebuttals, & Why We Exist

Some Basic Racist Ideas and some Rebuttals, & Why We Exist by Thea Lim, from Racialicious

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Anti-racism and people of colour organizing is not about being friendly, being appealing, or educating white folks. While individual anti-racist activists may take those tacks to achieve their goals, the point of anti-racism is to be for people of colour.

Anti-racism is about carving out a space for people of colour; decolonising and reappropriating the spaces which have been taken from us by racism. So sometimes people put Mohawk stickers on their laptops (or wear yellow pride t-shirts or support black music) because that is a way for them to affirm to themselves who they are, within a dominant culture that tries to ignore and erase their pride in their own cultures.

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The bottom line is, if you are white, you benefit from white privilege, and if you live on native land, you benefit from the native genocide.