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Clinging to White Privilege Keeps You Distracted
White privilege may seem wonderful for those who benefit from it and, on some levels, white privilege can be a lifesaver. But what white privilege gives with one hand, it takes away with the other. White privilege and white supremacy impact BIPOC, but it also negatively impacts white people because you focus on your privilege putting you ahead of BIPOC to the detriment of your own survival.
What Are You Looking At?
White people usually claim that BIPOC keep racism alive because we “won’t stop talking about it” and harangue us with “race baiter”, “reverse racist” or that we’re “trying to start a race war”. This war has been in full swing for centuries, ever since Europeans came over and slaughtered the Indigenous tribes. And over time, although white people have acquired finesse when targeting people of color, they continue to target non-white people.
If you look at laws over these periods it seems clear that, although white people have an aversion to speaking candidly about race or claim they’re “colorblind”, they have no qualms in enacting laws that target races. It’s tragic because your focus is always on the “otherness” around you. You’re…
