I am trying man. I thought I was doing an ok job as an ally before but, like many white people, I was really shocked by the sheer volume of people for which racism was just a non-issue. People I love, man. They broke my heart. I’m going to be loud and aggressive and engage people in discussion and I’m going to drag…

I don’t like white people*, however I value individuals like you who recognize your privilege and use it for good because sadly, it’s only your voice that can make a difference amongst your own.

I get their point. They’re saying that a white woman talking to another white woman will have more success trying to organize them. But yeah, I know there’s this whole thing “black people cant be racist” but it’s kind of a racist statement. I’m Jewish from a long line of socialist organizers (great grandpa from Russia…

I stopped trying to question this when we’re out for lunch (Sushi for context) and my friend refers to our waitress as “eggroll”

“You need to organize your people”

I want to march again this weekend to say that even a weaker second march drew more people than his inauguration.

I wasn’t going to go to the march, but then I realized that the more people went, the more upset Trumpie would get. I marched out of sheer pettiness, knowing that this is truly our greatest weapon against the Mighty Cheeto.

So, my own white-woman take on things. Age: 47.

This is very true. I suppose I mischose my words. There are indeed many many BLM supporters who have never shown up to a rally, but have stood up for the cause in more private settings. Maybe it’s what you could deem useless arguing or debating with someone who doesn’t support it. Maybe they sign petitions. Maybe…

Is it in any way surprising that if you say, “X group of people always does this,” that members of X group who don’t do that are going to feel defensive and speak up? I would argue that what you’re observing is pretty much universal human behavior. Not that it’s good behavior, but it’s not unique to this group.

And 2 million eligible black voters didn’t vote at all, an 11% drop from 2012. I do not bring this up to lay blame: my point is you can spin the numbers to drive home any point you want. Yes, I agree white women have traditionally not embraced minority women/communities in their feminist causes. Yes, I agree white…

That is simply not true. Every protest/march does not bring out every single person who has ever protested/marched for anything because that’s just a ludicrous expectation. People have priorites and focus and that’s ok, most people have to work and have lives outside of their political activism. This march was huge…

You guys are nothing if not predictable.

“Everyone should support what I think is important but don’t ask me to help out anywhere else. I’m just so busy.”

So we can expect you at the next Farmworkers march right? Or the next immigrations march? Or at Standing Rock (which IIRC, you did not attend?).

Hm. And you aren’t?

I support Black Lives Matter, but I ask you: Where are the black men who support anti-sexism? Their silence, just like white men’s, was deafening.

You’re assuming a ton of stuff about people you do not know. Most of the women who showed up are angry. Maybe Trump being elected was a tipping point, and if so then who cares why they came? They were there, and hopefully will do more to protest in the future.

I guess my question to this is: what if the answer to this question is “no, you won’t”? Then what? What if, hypothetically, I marched for reproductive rights, and I disagreed with literally everything else that other people were there for? Did I not belong there, then? Who’s the gatekeeper to a “women’s march” who…

Yeah, that’ll make the first-time marchers feel great. Can we stop picking at people who gave enough of a shit to come out and march in January, and then tell them it isn’t good enough? I think all women need to be respectful of the new-to-protest women who are now galvanized. Coming together on commonalities and…