I'm paranoid and have unaddressed anger issues. I'm also the real racist.

The gift that keeps on giving.

"(Sidebar: Iggy is living proof that being in an interracial relationship or having mixed children or majoring in African-American studies does not vaccinate you against ignorance.)"

Thanks, white lady, for explaining how to better navigate the world as a PoC. So much insight and lived experience.

You are disgusting. And you are a racist. And good for you for having 2 black friends. Well done. Don't respond to me again because you are a lost cause.

"Either give people the benefit of the doubt until the clearly don't deserve it or clarify the acceptable ways to help so those with (I hate to use this word, so please substitute another one if you want) "purer" motives can roll up their sleeves and get to work."

lol I'm Indian. Thanks, though.

Let me start by saying that my comment on this article is a response to one person: loqaciousmusic. It's not directed at every "good white person". Their initial comment was incredibly tone deaf and self-congratulatory and he or she deserves whatever calling out that they're getting for it. I think he or she has gone…

Lolol thanks for quoting someone who was well known as being incredibly racist toward black people.

am I not supposed to argue? I'm confused? Where am I? Is there a specific set of decorum that I'm disobeying? No arguing on the interwebs, young lady!

Huh? My responses are what's making her posts offensive? That's a very interesting perspective.

Here's the thing: as a fairly young PoC, I've really struggled with the idea of wanting my (majority) white friends to back me up all the times I've encountered racism, especially growing up. They rarely did, but I don't think that they're better or worse than those who shout about their allyness on Facebook, if that…

But maybe white voices aren't the most important voices in this battle? Maybe getting shutdown is an opportunity to just sit back, shutup, and listen? Maybe you don't know as much about these issues as the people who are actually living them and maybe you should use your privilege to elevate the words of PoC's instead…

An altruistic place, eh? Yet it's been proven time and time again that altruism is rarely as "altruistic" as people like to claim.

Why? Why do you need to make a distinction? So that you can add that to your checklist of good white person attributes? It's not the OP's job to help you make that distinction. Being a good person should be automatic.

YES. This.

Correction: it doesn't make you feel good. and that's what's most important, right? That you feel good about your goodness?

Either you have zero reading comprehension skills or you are 100% just reaching for something to be offended by at this point. I suspect its the latter and it's actually a little embarrassing to read.

Haha thanks!

Did you even read this? Nobody is asking you to apologize. This isn't about you. The fact that you managed to be offended by this piece is a testament to just how much you don't get it.