Chapter 10 - How To Be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi

4/4/2020

Chapter 10 - White

Anti-White Racist: One who is classifying people of European descent as biologically, culturally, or behaviorally inferior or conflating the entire race of White people with racist power.

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the strength to do what is right in the face of it.” Anonymous Philosopher

”White racists do not want to define racial hierarchy or policies that yield racial inequities as racist. To do so would be to define their ideas and policies as racist. Instead, they define policies not rigged for a white people as racist. Ideas not centering White lives as racist. Beleaguered White racists who can’t imagine their lives not being the focus of any movement respond to “Black Lives Matter” with “All Lives Matter.” Embattled police officers who can’t imagine losing their right to racially profile and brutalize respond with “Blue Lives Matter.” Pg. 130-131 - Kendi

Self-Reflection.
I am a white antiracist. Not all white people are racist and non-whites can carry racist ideas. Racist ideas turn into racist policies. Racist policies hurt all of us, directly and indirectly. There are no biological differences between races that make one superior or inferior.

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Mr. Dylan Wince
@realmrwince

I am not a writer, but I will write.

My responsibility as a human being and as an educator is to be antiracist in my ideas, actions and curriculum.

I do not expect Black, Latinx, Indigenous, AAPI and the LGBTQ+ communities to be teaching me. I would appreciate any misunderstandings or further learning opportunities be brought to my attention so that I do not cause harm to others from my ignorance.

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