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Originally Posted by Kobi
Sorry Corkey, I just dont buy into this because it is bizarre.
I could send you copies of papers I did in grad school on racism but I quote a lot of people of color so I know it would offend you for me to do so.
Personally, I think ya'll just want to shut the white person up by adding more and more absolutely outrageous demands on what is appropriate and inappropriate for me as a white person to say and do.
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It's not bizarre, it's just you. I didn't do papers on racism in grad school or any other school, and I don't have a sufficient background or education in race history in this country, and I haven't done a whole lot of self-examination and bag unpacking on issues of race, and I have lived and continue to live my life of white privilege. Yet, even I'm able to read and listen to what folks here and elsewhere are saying, and pay attention, and learn, and understand a little bit better, and respect the viewpoints of people who have lived what you and I can only read about. Nothing here is about shutting up the white person, it's about one white person who's too stubborn to listen.
As for what's appropriate and not appropriate - listening and trying to learn something is appropriate. Educating POC about their lives is not.