A message to white people: you must do the work to be anti-racist

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If you're not doing the work to be anti-racist, you're not doing the work that matters to our fellow humans of color. 

***This is a message to all the white people I know and don't know: WE HAVE TO GET THIS. This is on us.***

Please, and thank you: Apply yourself to see and understand structural racism, an insidious force in our institutions and society that keeps POC from partaking in the kind of life and opportunities you as a white person expect and often enjoy without question. 

Then understand it some more and share what you learn with all the white people you know. This is on us. 

P.S. Your white privilege cannot be renounced, you've got it for life, and it's granted to you because other people perceive you as white. It doesn't matter what you think of yourself. "Oh I may be whitish but I'm not a racist". So bear the burden of finding out what white privilege is and how to use it for good as a white ally. The #1 thing you can do is educate other white people. I'm doing that in a variety of ways. Ask me something you've been wondering, and I'll try to answer. Send me a private message if you want. I am here for questions. 

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