This is an excellent article by Rev. Fred Hammond in Alabama. I am posting it here in Southwest Portland, Oregon in hopes of sharing the weight of the struggle and his spirit of hope across the miles.
I came across the following article today: “I don’t trust white people, even the liberals, and science backs me up.” It is a good article that exposes the difficulty white people have after 400 years of white supremacy immersion to behave in ways that are non-racist. The good news is the science this author is citing is behavioral science and not science like the immutable laws of science, such as the law of gravity. This means that white people can change their behaviors and become non-racist.
Non-racist? I do not see too many people in the anti-racism work talking about being non-racist. They mostly use the term anti-racist. So what is the difference? Actually there is a huge difference.
My taking action as a white ally in a Black Lives Matter protest is an anti-racist action. I am standing in solidarity against the racism that has been institutionalized in our criminal…
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