Well, at least you aren't patting yourself on the back!

You seem to miss the point of being an ally, which is being altruistic.

As a well-meaning yet sometimes ignorant white person entirely implicated by this article, I'm going to screw up one more time and speak about this, to you. No one wants you to apologize for anything at all. You should likewise not enumerate the good things you've done, in this case, defensively. The fact that you…

No matter how many African American studies classes you have taken or taught, you (and I) will never know the experience of living life as an African American in this country. So we don't need to add our life experiences to the discussion- we need to be listening to people who have had that experience. We can silently…

I knew this was coming. I knew this comment was on it's way.

The point

I think you'll find the "Good White Person" of this essay is much like the "Nice Guy". The "Good White Person" is trying to take over the narrative and get credit for their good whiteness, rather than support those whose narrative it is. Those who are decent human beings with white skin can be appalled and disgusted…

I think you may have missed the point: "good white people" are those who believe their good intentions trump the effects of their biases on black people's experiences. You are being defensive and seem to be asking for credit for not being consciously racist.

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.

You have some work to do. If you think kindness is the limit of what is needed to stop mass death of Black teenagers, you have some work to do. If you think the primary meaning of this essay was that you should apologize for something, or was even about white people, you have some work to do. If you don't understand…

It's not always about you.