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Consider this essential reading if you are a white or white-passing person.
Layla F. Saad’s work forces you to confront your complicity in upholding white supremacy. You may not even be aware of your role because we have been conditioned from birth to participate in maintaining racist systems.
Me and White Supremacy starts the important journey of unpacking our deep-rooted, unconscious bias against BIPOC. Don’t say you aren’t racist, because whether we like it or not all white people are because our entire society is built on it.
I knew this work would be challenging going into it. What I wasn’t expecting was for my white fragility to be triggered with almost every page. THAT is why this work is so important. The very white fragility I was experiencing was the exact reason why we must undergo the task of unpacking our racism.
This work strongly demonstrated to me that one of the ways my white privilege shows up is that I am given the CHOICE to learn about racism and white supremacy. The fact that I can choose to educate myself rather than being forced to confront it as a reality of my existence is peak white privilege.
The very least that I and other white people can and should do is commit to learning 100%. Lean into the discomfort of confronting our complicity in upholding white supremacy.
Interestingly, the negative reviews of this book that you’ll find on sites like Goodreads are always from white people who feel personally attacked by this work. They can’t even see that they are proving the point of this book in real time.
Get comfortable with your white fragility folx and go do this work.
Layla F. Saad’s work forces you to confront your complicity in upholding white supremacy. You may not even be aware of your role because we have been conditioned from birth to participate in maintaining racist systems.
Me and White Supremacy starts the important journey of unpacking our deep-rooted, unconscious bias against BIPOC. Don’t say you aren’t racist, because whether we like it or not all white people are because our entire society is built on it.
I knew this work would be challenging going into it. What I wasn’t expecting was for my white fragility to be triggered with almost every page. THAT is why this work is so important. The very white fragility I was experiencing was the exact reason why we must undergo the task of unpacking our racism.
This work strongly demonstrated to me that one of the ways my white privilege shows up is that I am given the CHOICE to learn about racism and white supremacy. The fact that I can choose to educate myself rather than being forced to confront it as a reality of my existence is peak white privilege.
The very least that I and other white people can and should do is commit to learning 100%. Lean into the discomfort of confronting our complicity in upholding white supremacy.
Interestingly, the negative reviews of this book that you’ll find on sites like Goodreads are always from white people who feel personally attacked by this work. They can’t even see that they are proving the point of this book in real time.
Get comfortable with your white fragility folx and go do this work.