Sometimes i wish white people would like ask themselves “Am i unnecessarily exposing black people and/or people of color to racism/anti-blackness they otherwise wouldnt have encountered?”
When you white people share these graphic videos of black people getting shot in the streets or immigrant crying for their parents are very traumatizing for people of color to see over and over 24/7 365, because this is still our lived experiences and these things can happen to us and our communities!!
Exposing us to unnecessary racism is racism!!!
white people can reblog
ok i understand where your coming from, but that picture of the immigrant child specifically and sometimes other horrible racial things need to be shown, they’re not being shown to people of color and marginalized groups, they know this happens, they deal with it everyday, this is for people like myself who need reminding that this shit continues and for those that believe racism and the like are dead. I don’t deal with racism on a daily basis and other white people don’t either and in order to do something about it we need to see that it exists and is bad. The police don’t want these shootings recorded, the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see crying children, but because we did we can move forward to do something. If this evil is not seen by everyone, not everyone will believe there is evil and it will flourish.
wow i love how you admit that you/other whites need to see and spread graphic horrible thing happen to people of color to “empathize” and see us a s human
evil doesnt always need to be seen, evil is felt and if you cant feel the evil ass whiteness in your response then idk what the hell to tell you
if people don’t see it they will claim it doesn’t exist no matter how much of a problem it is. Remember that slave auction in Libya, if that video didn’t exist many people wouldn’t believe it. My point ISN’T that we need to see suffering to humanize people (although some assholes do and it is disgusting) My point is that many people think it doesn’t happen and need undeniable proof (like a video) that these problems exist.
You say there is no reason to expose you to unnecessary racism and you are right but the white people who think racism is in the past need to be exposed to it because they think its in the past because they aren’t seeing it. You can’t feel evil if it isn’t near you, and the point of sharing these pics/videos is bring it closer to home to the people who aren’t near it like whites and republicans who never see these things.
White people like me need to see or we will forget
White people like them need to see or they won’t even know
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empathetic and compassionate people dont need see to injustice and suffering to know that its happening and that its something that needs to be changed
thanks for reaffirming the lack of empathy white people have for people of color
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