You have the patience of a saint.

I think this is a really good explanation of why we shouldn’t use POC as encyclopedias. I have friends that I do ask questions, but it’s when I don’t understand something that I’ve read and need clarification or because what I’ve found to explain it feels inadequate. Otherwise, I try to figure it all out on my own —…

Glad someone pointed out the spelling errors. Those combined with the Irish Catholic wife, autistic son, and dog dying of cancer all living paycheck to paycheck makes me think troll.

You say white people shouldn’t make racism about them, yet, I am pretty certain that the prevailing opinion is that racism comes from white people. So if white people are the cause and instigators of racism, how in the hell are white people supposed to not internalize it in any way? Of course any discussion of how to…

You’re deliberately missing the point. Do you realize you just pulled a #notallwhitewomen?

I disagree with your second paragraph. Many times, I willing to explain things to my white friends who ask. But it’s a tremendous amount of pressure. I am a fairly well-educated person. But I don’t have a masters or Ph.D in the sociology of race. I can speak plenty about my own experiences, I’ve encountered a lot of…

That’s not at all what the article said. It said white women shouldn’t speak out to center themselves, but the number of likes your wilfully ignorant comment got makes it clear who reads this site and gets their pink pussy hats in a wad any time things aren’t about them.

When I replied to him he straight up told me he didn’t actually care because he’s a man and he’s only asking for his wife. AND THEN HE NEVER SHUT UP.

Seconded! My grandparents were survivors and I have an exceedingly small extended family as a result of the Holocaust. But you know what? That doesn’t mean I don’t benefit from white priveledge. And why the fuck are we talking about the fact that you’re a Jew? Dude, this is SO not about you (or your Catholic wife,…

White people shouldn’t make racism about them. Also, I don’t think we solve racism by constantly considering the feelings of oversensitive white people. It seems to me that bending over backwards to accommodate white people is itself racism. Let’s stop doing that.

I don’t think people become sympathetic to Nazism, or become Nazis, because they are thwarted in their attempts to be anti-racist. I also don’t think people become Nazis because they are sad about being called racist. That would be an insane and completely disproportionate response to the stimuli.

Nope. POC is telling you to “listen”, but you hear “shut up”. Once you can get rid of that perspective, and listen, you will know what “speaking up” as a white ally means.

I’ve finally figured it out. It’s like, suppose you’ve planned an amazing dinner party, you’ve got your menu and wine pairings, a tight schedule to get everything ready, Spotify playlist, the whole thing.

This is my white male cousin. He is a super annoying Bernie Bro and every tragedy like this becomes his opportunity to show us all how woke he is and point out how awful our other cousins are. Leave me out of it. As a Latina married to a black man, I am aware of the struggle. Stop trying to make me aware of…

So basically you saw a criticism of some white people, and you were so blinded by rage at the very idea that white people were being criticized (and by a white lady no less! race traitor amirite?) that you completely missed the point of the article and instead rushed to pen a wannabe snarky comment that was…

Making this tragedy about yourself is offensive. It is NOT significant that most of the protestors are male. Most of the protestors likely have white women at home, backing up all this bullshit just like they did when they were emboldened before:

God that thread.

White women aren’t listening now. They wouldn’t have listened Saturday night either, lol.

White women continuing to promote white feminism.

“I disagree completely, and I will fix what’s been wrong in the world all this time, so bend the knee or die!” - Daenerys Stormborn