I love it when white folk speak up about racism. But there is a learning curve. All it takes is one slip up like 'All lives matter' or 'we're all in this together' or saying 'thug' or 'huckster' and then a good speech becomes cringe-worthy.
Then there's the whole bruised ego problem which brings up a tendency for defensiveness instead of treating it like constructive criticism and just apologizing.
Of course, then there are the ones who start too early before detoxing from privilege and when you correct them, they're like:
'I'm fighting for you people and you betray me like this?!?'
So there's that.
[Just three more reasons for banning the white gaze]
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