Thanks for this!

I think that’s wonderful! You’re making a difference.

For me, the lesson started on Monday. I was standing in line to vote early and started talking to an older African-American woman who was behind me in line. We talked about all sorts of things, and eventually she told me that she was voting early because her husband was going in for surgery on Tuesday. We talked…

You might have a real shot at changing opinions too! The people you know and the people with similar backgrounds to you won’t be able to say “things like that don’t happen to our sort of people” anymore. I’ve been heartbroken over the election here in the US, but I have been truly encouraged by all the positive…

I truly admire your bravery.

Yup. I’m realizing that part of white privilege is that I let myself believe the fairy tale that overall, America isn’t that bad. Turns out, it is.

I enjoyed one minute of “those sweet babies! I just want to kiss those chubby little cheeks!” and then I thought “BUT WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE WE GIVING THEM? I’M SO SCARED FOR THEIR FUTURE WHAT DO WE DOOOOOOOOOO?????”

Yup! “Nice and polite” = “knows his place”

You would have thought that I’d have run out of tears, but no. Here I am, crying again. That was so beautiful, thanks for posting it.

It’s here: http://theslot.jezebel.com/all-along-it-was-you-1788758934

I have my brothers to cling to at least. I’ll be playing the “emergency: change the topic of conversation” game HARD though.

The people who voted for Trump are like my grandparents—they like their Black neighbors, but still believe all the stereotypes about all other Black people. In other words, they’re racists. Not the kind who wear white hoods and burn crosses, but the kind who think that institutional racism is just fine as long as…

Thanks. One thing that has meant a lot to me personally is that on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I had conversations with three different older African-American women and each of them brought home to me the idea that all this has not been surprising to them. I’m surprised because to some extent, I was living in my…

Even though I know/am related to many of those white people who voted for Trump, I still told myself the lie that overall, this country was not insane and surely Trump couldn’t win. Well, now the results are in and I’m having to take an uncomfortable look at the truth. I’m so sorry that the majority of white people…

I worked the polls today too and came home to this. I am feeling so depressed right now.

I’m working the polls tomorrow! It’s my first time volunteering there, and I’m doing it because voter suppression makes me ANGRY. I was thinking about how I can’t have a Come to Jesus moment with every white supremacist and feeling sad and discouraged about the future, then I realized that I actually could do…

My favorite one was the one that said liberalism is a mental disorder and Trump is the chemo. Chemo cures mental disorders! Who knew?

That one pic where Trump and the mask are looking at each other . . . I thought they were going to start making out in the next frame. It’s like someone set out to make a handy illustration explaining the meaning of “narcissist.”

Oooh, I’m jealous!

I voted today and I didn’t get one D: I realized it after I’d left and I was so sad. But I’m working the polls tomorrow and doing my part to make sure that every citizen is able to freely exercise their right to vote, so I’m excited about that!