CRITIQUE OF DISCUSSING RACISM WITH WHITES

These words were taken off FaceBook and authored by John Metta

https://medium.com/@johnmetta/i-racist-538512462265

"Living every single day with institutionalized racism and then having to argue its very existence, is tiring, and saddening, and angering. Yet if we express any emotion while talking about it, we’re tone policed, told we’re being angry. In fact, a key element in any racial argument in America is the Angry Black person, and racial discussions shut down when that person speaks. The Angry Black person invalidates any arguments about racism because they are “just being overly sensitive,” or “too emotional,” or– playing the race card. Or even worse, we’re told that weare being racist (Does any intelligent person actually believe a systematically oppressed demographic has the ability to oppress those in power?) But here is the irony, here’s the thing that all the angry Black people know, and no calmly debating White people want to admit: The entire discussion of race in America centers around the protection of White feelings." And this is why so many supposed 'good white people' want headpats and lollipops for being decent to the one black kid from 4th grade whenever racism comes up. THIS is why white folks shut down or tap out when the discussions get hard. It is the ULTIMATE show of white privilege to say "Well if I am guilty just because I am white I am just not going to talk about this anymore."