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Just choosing Brandon Tatum to do press with is already suspicious, especially if the white “friends” wanted to look less racist. The ignorance that they couldn’t even have predicted that shows how racist they are in my opinion. They act mad people are making it a racism thing, when they are the ones throwing the racism right into the equation… seems obvious but maybe that’s how blind they really are.

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Oye, mira.

White people. Come here please. You always say “Well no one taught us about these things so where do I go to learn?” Save this post. Share it. I’m going to offer you a gift that I don’t do often. So, listen up.

I’m a Decolonial Social Scientist who studies the world before, during, and after European colonization. My work is about connecting the dots so people can see how those systems were built, how they spread, and how they still show up in society today.

I want 🫵🏽YOU🫵🏽 to share this so your friends and family can learn something today. I’m not in the business of convincing people of things they’re not ready to hear or accept. That’s a fool’s game. I’m here to plant seeds. History is complicated, but the receipts are there. What I’m about to say can be traced through historical documents, laws, policies, institutions, and the systems colonizers built.

Colonizers didn’t just take land. They colonized bodies, minds, culture, family structures, sexuality, labor, religion, education, and law. They created racial categories and built systems around them. They also institutionalized patriarchy, racism, xenophobia, ableism, homophobia, and other forms of control that helped conquest survive long after the original invasion.

Today’s lesson?

All white people are racist, but not all white people are bigots.

To understand that, you first have to understand that race isn’t biology. There’s no white gene, Black gene, or biological line dividing humanity into the racial categories we use today. Race was created by people. It was used to classify human beings, organize power, justify conquest and enslavement, control land and labor, and decide who got rights, wealth, protection, citizenship, and opportunity.

Nobody is born biologically white in the political meaning of whiteness, and nobody is born biologically racist. We’re born into a world where racial categories and racial hierarchy already exist. We inherit them. And, often times, we are conditioned to act on them.

Whiteness isn’t written into DNA. It’s a social and political position created by a racial system. Over time, different European ethnic groups were absorbed into the category of white and given access to rights and protections that were denied to Black, Indigenous, and other colonized peoples. The fact that the boundaries of whiteness have changed throughout history tells you exactly what race is: a political classification, not a biological truth. Don’t believe me? This is why so many of you say “Well my great grandfather was Italian or Irish and experienced racism when they came here!” And you’re correct. But you don’t ask why don’t Italians or Irish face the same wretched racism they did back then. They were assimilated into whiteness by laws to expand the hierarchy of “whiteness.”

So when I say all white people are racist, I’m not saying every white person is evil, hates Black people, or was born with racism in their blood. That would make racism biological, and it isn’t.

Racism is something we inherit through systems.

We’re born into, and conditioned by laws, schools, neighborhoods, economies, workplaces, media, policing, property systems, and cultural norms that were shaped by racial hierarchy before any of us got here. White people inherit a position in that system that was built to advantage whiteness. Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, queer, disabled, people of the global majority inherit different forms of exclusion, exploitation, dispossession, surveillance, and control created by that same Western Eurocentric system.

That’s why a white person can genuinely love Black people and still be racist. They can have Black friends, marry a Black person, raise Black children, hate racial slurs, and despise racial violence. None of that automatically removes them from the system they inherited.

Racism is about how power gets organized through race. It shapes who has historically controlled land, wealth, housing, education, employment, political authority, policing, citizenship, media, and institutions. It created advantages for people classified as white while creating barriers for people classified outside of whiteness.

Saying “I didn’t create it” doesn’t make someone separate from it. None of us alive today invented the racial categories we were handed. We inherited the laws, institutions, wealth patterns, neighborhoods, stereotypes, conditioning, and unequal distribution of power that came with them.

The real question is what you do once you understand that.

Do you call yourself one of the good white people and stop there, or do you confront the system that created whiteness and the advantages attached to it? Being kind to Black people doesn’t abolish racial hierarchy. Loving Black people doesn’t redistribute wealth or power. Having Black friends doesn’t undo generations of dispossession.

Race was constructed. Racism was constructed. Whiteness was constructed. And because human beings built these systems, human beings can dismantle them. We just can’t dismantle racism while pretending it’s only about whether somebody has hate in their heart.

So what would sacrificing whiteness actually look like?

It would mean refusing the benefits, behaviors, protections, and concentrations of power that whiteness offers when you have the ability to interrupt them. And that has to become material. Accountability should focus on concrete behaviors and institutional routines that reproduce racial hierarchy and on redistributing power.

Imagine a white executive who realizes every person with real decision-making authority in their organization is white. Sacrificing whiteness isn’t posting about racism. It’s changing who actually holds authority, including when that means they no longer control every decision themselves.

Imagine someone inherits substantial wealth produced through generations of property ownership in a society where Black families were systematically blocked from the same wealth-building opportunities. Sacrificing whiteness means asking what repair and redistribution require of that inheritance, rather than treating everything legally inherited as morally disconnected from history.

For a landlord, developer, university, foundation, or corporation, it could mean giving up some control over land, capital, governance, hiring, procurement, admissions, or investment decisions and transferring meaningful authority and resources to communities historically dispossessed by those systems.

For an ordinary worker racialized as white without enormous wealth, the scale is different. Nobody needs to impoverish themselves as some sort of racial penance. That would turn structural transformation into individual self-punishment.

They can refuse whiteness where it operates around them: refusing the racial networking advantage that gets someone hired through “who you know,” challenging discriminatory decisions even when silence would benefit their career, supporting policies that materially redistribute opportunity, refusing to become the automatically presumed authority in interracial spaces, organizing against unequal workplace practices, and putting actual time, money, relationships, and political power behind structural change.

And there’s another dimension people rarely discuss: social protection.

Whiteness often provides the ability to remain silent without that silence being interpreted as political. So sacrificing whiteness can mean spending some of that protection. Speaking when speaking threatens your promotion. Challenging your family when silence would preserve harmony. Refusing to let a Black colleague absorb retaliation alone. Becoming the person who puts their name on the complaint when everyone knows the Black employee will be punished more severely for making it.

That’s sacrifice because something is actually at stake. How will you break the cycle?

#racism #progressives #DSA #whitepeople #race #racism #criticalracetheory #decoloniality #antiracism #activist #oyemira #zacatecho

From your Minnesotan neighbor with love, let’s vote for who will help our every day working people who have been so severely f***** from these rich establishment politicians.

To those of us who can do it, have we been looking to non white people more for leadership lately? I feel like us white people who are lower on the racism spectrum would be reaching out more for advice or coordination in organizing/ resisting the white oligarch monstrosity that white supremely has created. Just because historically black people/ non white people have had much more success in combating the system, while half of us white people (who voted) - actually more than half voted for the white racist monster. I’m a white woman in my 30s and somehow I was shocked by how many white women voted for him, because it makes no rational sense. I’m sure many of you felt the same. 

Just knowing the statistics, and knowing history, what is there for us white people in America (actually the whole word) to be proud of right now- or ever? As a white person it took me this shock to learn how much % of white people are just pieces of shit. We don’t see how many everyday people are blatantly racist and shitty most of the time- we can see the overt racism when it happens in front of us but the rest is mostly invisible to us. Maybe we used to vastly underestimate the % of our people who were racist, until it became obvious- like a litmus test. It is to the point in my mind that I see over half of us as indefensible at this point, and then the other half, I would hope and think we should be taking action more seriously lately. Whatever excuse, whether we have been too scared, unsure, lazy, complacent- our communities should be working on getting activated. Honestly it’s long overdue to have more non white people in positions of power, I do not trust the system that white supremacy has built, I will not trust a system where there is a disproportionate amount of white people in power. I trust non white people. They have been historically correct. They have been fighting our white supremacy system and we failed to help, even if we have listened to them, we haven’t acted enough to stop the white supremacy machine from terrorizing our entire planet into the dark dystopia we are living in.

It’s been more apparent everyday how hard white supremacy has fucked up our world and how deliberately we have shot down civil rights activists to try to suppress non white political leadership. 

We have all contributed to racism, it’s culturally embedded at this point whether we see it or not. It doesn’t help to be non-racists, we need to be anti-racists. It’s time for us to wake up and realize our position historically and right now. Don’t apologize, just push yourself to do more. We need to push harder. We can’t standby and watch racism happen, we need to break it. 

I’m ending this with words that were told to me by someone much more knowledgeable and equipped to give them- 

“I hope you find this response challenging in the best way, and more importantly enabling for you to internalize and steward more humanity in your community.
CORE POINT: Do not wait for our direction to do your version of "breaking things". Building coalitions is hard, building anything is hard. But you know what's easy?
BREAKING THINGS. All you need to know is you don't need permission to BREAK RACISM. Like, go break it. It takes no skill to break stuff. GO BREAK IT. Make being racist feel risky. Make it consequential. You don't need any guidance or insight from us to do that.
GO BREAK RACISM. Grab something sharp or heavy and go to town. It's that simple.”

To those of us who can do it, have we been looking to non white people more for leadership lately? I feel like us white people who are lower on the racism spectrum would be reaching out more for advice or coordination in organizing/ resisting the white oligarch monstrosity that white supremely has created. Just because historically black people/ non white people have had much more success in combating the system, while half of us white people (who voted)- actually more than half voted for the white racist monster. I’m a white woman in my 30s and somehow I was shocked by how many white women voted for him, because it makes no rational sense. I’m sure many of you felt the same. 

Just knowing the statistics, and knowing history, what is there for us white people in America (actually the whole word) to be proud of right now- or ever? As a white person it took me this shock to learn how much % of white people are just pieces of shit. We don’t see how many everyday people are blatantly racist and shitty most of the time- we can see the overt racism when it happens in front of us but the rest is mostly invisible to us. Maybe we used to vastly underestimate the % of our people who were racist, until it became obvious- like a litmus test. It is to the point in my mind that I see over half of us as indefensible at this point, and then the other half, I would hope and think we should be taking action more seriously lately. Whatever excuse, whether we have been too scared, unsure, lazy, complacent- our communities should be working on getting activated. Honestly it’s long overdue to have more non white people in positions of power, I do not trust the system that white supremacy has built, I will not trust a system where there is a disproportionate amount of white people in power. I trust non white people. They have been historically correct. They have been fighting our white supremacy system and we failed to help, even if we have listened to them, we haven’t acted enough to stop the white supremacy machine from terrorizing our entire planet into the dark dystopia we are living in.

It’s been more apparent everyday how hard white supremacy has fucked up our world and how deliberately we have shot down civil rights activists to try to suppress non white political leadership. 

We have all contributed to racism, it’s culturally embedded at this point whether we see it or not. It doesn’t help to be non-racists, we need to be anti-racists. It’s time for us to wake up and realize our position historically and right now. Don’t apologize, just push yourself to do more. We need to push harder. We can’t standby and watch racism happen, we need to break it. 

I’m ending this with words that were told to me by someone much more knowledgeable and equipped to give them- 

“I hope you find this response challenging in the best way, and more importantly enabling for you to internalize and steward more humanity in your community.
CORE POINT: Do not wait for our direction to do your version of "breaking things". Building coalitions is hard, building anything is hard. But you know what's easy?
BREAKING THINGS. All you need to know is you don't need permission to BREAK RACISM. Like, go break it. It takes no skill to break stuff. GO BREAK IT. Make being racist feel risky. Make it consequential. You don't need any guidance or insight from us to do that.
GO BREAK RACISM. Grab something sharp or heavy and go to town. It's that simple.”

To those of us who can do it, have we been looking to non white people more for leadership lately? I feel like us white people who are lower on the racism spectrum would be reaching out more for advice or coordination in organizing/ resisting the white oligarch monstrosity that white supremely has created. Just because historically black people/ non white people have had much more success in combating the system, while half of us white people- actually more than half voted for the white racist monster. I’m a white woman in my 30s and somehow I was shocked by how many white women voted for him, because it makes no rational sense. I’m sure many of you felt the same. 

Just knowing the statistics, and knowing history, what is there for us white people in America (actually the whole word) to be proud of right now- or ever? As a white person it took me this shock to learn how much % of white people are just pieces of shit. We don’t see how many everyday people are blatantly racist and shitty most of the time- we can see the overt racism when it happens in front of us but the rest is mostly invisible to us. Maybe we used to vastly underestimate the % of our people who were racist, until it became obvious- like a litmus test. It is to the point in my mind that I see over half of us as indefensible at this point, and then the other half, I would hope and think we should be taking action more seriously lately. Whatever excuse, whether we have been too scared, unsure, lazy, complacent- our communities should be working on getting activated. Honestly it’s long overdue to have more non white people in positions of power, I do not trust the system that white supremacy has built, I will not trust a system where there is a disproportionate amount of white people in power. I trust non white people. They have been historically correct. They have been fighting our white supremacy system and we failed to help, even if we have listened to them, we haven’t acted enough to stop the white supremacy machine from terrorizing our entire planet into the dark dystopia we are living in.

It’s been more apparent everyday how hard white supremacy has fucked up our world and how deliberately we have shot down civil rights activists to try to suppress non white political leadership. 

We have all contributed to racism, it’s culturally embedded at this point whether we see it or not. It doesn’t help to be non-racists, we need to be anti-racists. It’s time for us to wake up and realize our position historically and right now. Don’t apologize, just push yourself to do more. We need to push harder. We can’t standby and watch racism happen, we need to break it. 

I’m ending this with words that were told to me by someone much more knowledgeable and equipped to give them- 

“I hope you find this response challenging in the best way, and more importantly enabling for you to internalize and steward more humanity in your community.
CORE POINT: Do not wait for our direction to do your version of "breaking things". Building coalitions is hard, building anything is hard. But you know what's easy?
BREAKING THINGS. All you need to know is you don't need permission to BREAK RACISM. Like, go break it. It takes no skill to break stuff. GO BREAK IT. Make being racist feel risky. Make it consequential. You don't need any guidance or insight from us to do that.
GO BREAK RACISM. Grab something sharp or heavy and go to town. It's that simple.”

To those of us who can do it, have we been looking to non white people more for leadership lately? I feel like us white people who are lower on the racism spectrum would be reaching out more for advice or coordination in organizing/ resisting the white oligarch monstrosity that white supremely has created. Just because historically black people/ non white people have had much more success in combating the system, while half of us white people- actually more than half voted for the white racist monster. I’m a white woman in my 30s and somehow I was shocked by how many white women voted for him, because it makes no rational sense. I’m sure many of you felt the same. 

Just knowing the statistics, and knowing history, what is there for us white people in America (actually the whole word) to be proud of right now- or ever? As a white person it took me this shock to learn how much % of white people are just pieces of shit. We don’t see how many everyday people are blatantly racist and shitty most of the time- we can see the overt racism when it happens in front of us but the rest is mostly invisible to us. Maybe we used to vastly underestimate the % of our people who were racist, until it became obvious- like a litmus test. It is to the point in my mind that I see over half of us as indefensible at this point, and then the other half, I would hope and think we should be taking action more seriously lately. Whatever excuse, whether we have been too scared, unsure, lazy, complacent- our communities should be working on getting activated. Honestly it’s long overdue to have more non white people in positions of power, I do not trust the system that white supremacy has built, I will not trust a system where there is a disproportionate amount of white people in power. I trust non white people. They have been historically correct. They have been fighting our white supremacy system and we failed to help, even if we have listened to them, we haven’t acted enough to stop the white supremacy machine from terrorizing our entire planet into the dark dystopia we are living in.

It’s been more apparent everyday how hard white supremacy has fucked up our world and how deliberately we have shot down civil rights activists to try to suppress non white political leadership. 

We have all contributed to racism, it’s culturally embedded at this point whether we see it or not. It doesn’t help to be non-racists, we need to be anti-racists. It’s time for us to wake up and realize our position historically and right now. Don’t apologize, just push yourself to do more. We need to push harder. We can’t standby and watch racism happen, we need to break it. 

I’m ending this with words that were told to me by someone much more knowledgeable and equipped to give them- 

“I hope you find this response challenging in the best way, and more importantly enabling for you to internalize and steward more humanity in your community.
CORE POINT: Do not wait for our direction to do your version of "breaking things". Building coalitions is hard, building anything is hard. But you know what's easy?
BREAKING THINGS. All you need to know is you don't need permission to BREAK RACISM. Like, go break it. It takes no skill to break stuff. GO BREAK IT. Make being racist feel risky. Make it consequential. You don't need any guidance or insight from us to do that.
GO BREAK RACISM. Grab something sharp or heavy and go to town. It's that simple.”

Does it seem like white people have been looking to you more for leadership lately? I feel like white people who are low on the racism spectrum would be reaching out more for advice or coordination in organizing/ resisting the white oligarch monstrosity that white supremely has created. Just because historically black people have had much more success in combating the system, while half the white people- actually more than half voted for the white racist monster and I don’t buy that they were fooled by him, he was always an overtly terrible person who has always been indefensible. I’m a white woman in my 30s and somehow I was shocked by how many white women voted for him, because it makes no rational sense, but was it surprising at all to the black community? Just knowing the statistics, and knowing history, what is there for white people in America to be proud of right now- or ever? As a white person it took me this shock to learn how much % of white people are just pieces of shit. we don’t see how many everyday people are blatantly racist shitty people because they don’t treat us the same, so I think we used to vastly underestimate the % until it became obvious- like a litmus test. That’s why I wonder if it’s polarized- like in my mind how I see over half of us as indefensible at this point, and then the other half, I would hope and think would be taking action more seriously lately, but I think we have been too scared, unsure, lazy, complacent- but I would hope more communities have been working on getting activated. I just feel like I definitely have more trust in the black community making decisions than the white community, and it’s been more apparent everyday how hard white supremacy has fucked up our country and the world and how deliberately they have shot down civil rights activists to try to suppress your leadership. Idk I’m sorry, I have a lot of thoughts. Thanks

They needed calories to stay alive apparently, but idk if Gladys allowed for bathroom breaks for all those kids