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TRANSFORM AT ION VOL 13 ISSUE

MOVING BEYOND WHITE GUILTSUMMER 1998 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TWOYEARS AGO IN THE SUMMER OF 1996 WEPUBLISHED IN THESE PAGES AN

ARTICLE BY WOMENS

PROJECT BOARD MEMBER AMY EDGINGTON ENTITLED GROWING UP WITH RACISM

BETTY COLE COLT PERSONAL ODYSSEY THROUGH WORDOF MOUTH PROMOTION BY OUR MEMBERS

THAT ARTICLE HAS

FREDDIE NIXON LITTLE ROCK NOW BEEN SENT AROUND THE COUNTRY TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN

THE

AMY EDGINGTON LITTLE STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM IN IT AMY PUT OUT CALLFOR WHITE WOMEN

TO COMETOGETHER WITH

HER TO READ AND DISCUSS BOOKS VIDEOS ETC BY WOMENOF COLOR IN THIS EDITION ANIY CELIA WILDROOT HOT SPRINGS

PRESENTS IDEAS THIS WORK HAS BROUGHT HER AT ITS CONCLUSION ARE TWO OFAMYS POEMS AND

ANNETTE SHEAD LITTLE ROCK READING LIST AMY IS POET AN ANTIRACIST WORKER AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE FOR

THOSE

CAROL NOKES LITTLE ROCK WORKING ON LESBIAN BATTERING LIBRARY

ASSISTANT AN ARTIST DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST

PRECIOUS WILLIAMS OGDEN AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OFAFEW YEARS LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ARKANSAS

SARAH FACEN LITTLE ROCK

SANDRA MITCHELL LITTLE ROCK OR THE PAST YEAR IVE HAD THE PRIVI WHAT GUILT IS

TAMMY ROBERSON LITTLE ROCK LEGE OF BELONGING TO GROUP OF CONSTANTLY

HEAR THE IDEA THAT

DEEDEE GREEN LITTLE ROCK WHITE WOMENWHOREAD AND DIS GUILT IS DESTRUCTIVE EMOTION IM

CUSS AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE ON POSED BY OTHERS IN ORDER TO MANIPU

MONTHLY BASIS LEARN LOT FROM LATE US GUILT HAS SUCH BAD REPUTA

THE BOOKS WEVEREAD AND ALSO FIND TION NOWADAYSTHAT WE CAN FEEL IN

IT VALUABLE TO MEET AND TALK WITH STANTLYJUSTIFIEDINREJECTINGORAVOID

INSIDE OTHER WHITE WOMENWHOCARE ABOUT ING ANYONE OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT THE ISSUE OF RACISM IVE BEEN RE MAKE US FEEL GUILTY FROM OUR PAR MINDED THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS OF ENTS TO THE ISSUE OF RACISM

BUT SEE

MOVING BEYOND WHAT AN ENORMOUSSTUMBLING BLOCK GUILT AS MIXTURE OF POSITIVE ELE

WHITE GUILT GUILT CAN BE FOR WHITE PEOPLE MENTS LIKE CONSCIENCE AND REMORSE

PAGE HAVE FREQUENTLY AVOIDED DIS AND NEGATIVE ELEMENTS LIKE FEAR AND

CUSSIONS OF GUILT BECAUSE OF WHAT RESENTMENT

READING LIST SEE AS PERVASIVE TENDENCY IN

PAGE AMERICA TO PSYCHOLOGIZE INDIVIDU CONSCIENCE OFTEN FEEL GUILTY

ALIZE AND DEPOLITICIZE EVERY ISSUE BECAUSE MY CONSCIENCE IS TELLING ME WHITENESS BRIEF

NEVERTHELESS IN MY EXPERIENCE IAMINTHEWRONGNOTBECAUSESOME COMMENT

GUILT DOES HAVE POLITICAL CONSE ONE IS MANIPULATING ME IF CONSIS

PAGE QUENCES IT CAN BECOME

SUBSTITUTE TENTLY REJECT MY OWN JUDGEMENT OR

WISHLIST FOR CHANGE OR AN EXCUSE NOT TO AVOID FACING IT

THEN WILL WIND UP

PAGE 10 CHANGE IT CAN ALSO BE THE STARTING WITHOUT CONSCIENCE AND NO ONE IS

POINTFORTHEACCEPTANCEOFRESPONSI EASIER TO MANIPULATE THAN PERSON

BILITY AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE WHOHAS NO CONSCIENCE

CONTINUED ON PAGE

CONSCIENCE SHOULD NOT BE SHAMEGRIEFFORTHEOTHERPERSONS CIIATION ADOPTED BY THE WHITE

STATIC THING LIKE MOST PEOPLE PAIN IS GOODTHING IT REFLECTS MY LEADERSHIP OF THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT

BEGAN TO ACQUIRE ONE IN CHILDHOOD CAPACITY FOR EMPATHY WHICH IS THE WING THESE WORDS IMPLY

THAT

WHEN STARTED TO TAKE RESPONSIBIL FOUNDATION FOR AN ETHIC OF LOVE WHITE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR

ITY FOR DELIBERATE WRONGDOING BUT SHAME TURNED MY ATTENTION HAVE SUFFERED EQUALLY UNDER RAC

HOWEVERIF WE ARE TO BECOME FULL BACK ON MYSELF AND MY BRUISED ISM IF THAT WERE TRUE GIVEN THE

ADULTS WE HAVE TO STRETCH AND SELFESTEEM IT UNDERMINED MY POWER THAT WHITE PEOPLE HAVE AND

GROWMORALLY BY TAKING RESPONSI ABILITY TO EMPATHIZE WITH THE PER HOW HIGHLY OUR

CULTURE VALUES

BIITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF HARM SON WHO WAS TRULY INJURED FRE COMFORT AND PERSONAL HAPPINESS

WE DOUNINTENTIONALLY AND FOR ACTS QUENTLY SHE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF WEWOULD HAVE WIPED OUT RACISM

OF OMISSION SUCH AS FAILING TO STOP OUT CENTURIES AGO NO MATTER HOW

OTHERS FROM DOING HARM AND BEN AGONIZING OUR REMORSE MAY BE IT

EFITING FROM WRONGS COMMITTED DOES NOT BEGIN TO COMPARE WITH

BY OTHERS NOTHING CHALLENGES THE NI THE INJURY RACISM INFLICTS ONPEOPLE

CONSCIENCES OF WHITE PEOPLE MORE UO MATTER HOWAGONIZING OF COLOR OR TO CANCEL OUT THE PRIVI

IN THIS RESPECT THAN RACISM LEGES DOMINATION BRINGS TO WHITE

WHEN UNINTENTIONALLY DID OR OUR REMORSE MAY BE IT PEOPLE

SAID SOMETHING RACIST OFTEN TRIED

TO CLEAR MY CONSCIENCE BY CHANG DOES NOT BEGIN TO COMPARE FEAR LIKE MOST PEOPLE

LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD TO FEAR PUN INGTHEFOCUSFROMWHATLHADDONE WITH THE INJURY RACISM ISHMENT FOR DOING WRONGBUT FAROR FAILED TO DO TO WHAT MEANT WHAT HAD TO ACCEPT IS THAT RACISM INFLICTS ON PEOPLE OF COLOR

FROMPUNISHING OUR RACISM PEOPLE

HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL OF COLOR USUALLY DONT CONFRONT US

INTENTIONS GOOD OR BAD OUR PER OR TO CANCEL OUT THE ABOUT IT OFTEN IT MAY NOT SEEM

SONAL PREJUDICES OR LACK THEREOF WORTH THE RISK OR EFFORT TO DO SO

AS LONG AS WE SEE RACISM ONLY AS PRIVILEGES DOMINATION NEVERTHELESS WHITE PEOPLE HAVE

THE HARMDONE TO PEOPLE OF COLOR AN EXAGGERATED FEAR OF THE ANGER OF

BY WHITE PEOPLE WETHINK WE CAN BRINGS TO WHITE PEOPLE PEOPLE OF COLOR THINK THIS FEAR

SHRINK OUR CULPABILITY BY LIMITING COMES PARTLY FROM HISTORY OUR

THE DAMAGE WE DO AS INDIVIDUALS THEFT OF THE LAND WE LIVE ON AND OUR

BUT IN FACT RACISM PRIVILEGES US SO OWNERSHIPLESS THAN 140 YEARS

THOROUGHLYTHAT MOSTWHITE PEOPLE AGOOF AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR

NEED DO NOTHING BUT SIT BACK AND ME BEFORE SHE COULD HOPE TO GENERATIONSWEVEBEENTAUGHTTHAT ENJOY THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF MAYBE GET HER OWN WOUNDS OUR PROSPERITY DEPENDS ON

MAIN

DOMINATION THE CHALLENGE RACISM TENDED MY CHALLENGE WAS TO GET TAMING CONTROL OVER PEOPLE OF

POSES TO THE CONSCIENCES OF WHITE MY ATTENTION OFF MYSELF AND TO COLOR THATOUR LIVES ANDLIVELIHOODS

PEOPLE IS TO RECOGNIZE THE FULL EX FOCUS ON THE PERSON HAD HURT ARE IN DANGER IF DARKSKINNED

TENT OF THE PRIVILEGES WHITE SU WHEN DO THAT ACT AGAINST THE PERSON EVEN LOOKS DAGGERS AT US

PREMACY BESTOWS ON EACH OF US HISTORY AND CULTURE OF WHITENESS AS IF HISTORY WERE NOT ENOUGH

WHICH ALWAYS MAGNIFIES WHITE MODEM WHITE MEDIA FORCES INTO

REMORSE ONCE MYCONSCIENCE PEOPLES PAIN AND PUTS OUR NEEDS EVERY CORNER OF OUR LIVES THE MES

TOLD ME WAS IN THE WRONG FELT FIRST SAGE THAT ANY AGITATED OR EVEN DIS

REMORSE FOR THE HARM HAD DONE ICANTHINKOFNOBETTEREXAMPLE SATISFIED BLACK PERSON IS APT TO DO

REMORSE CONSISTS OF GRIEF AND OF THIS THAN THE TERM RACIAL RECON US BODILY HARM

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LNTHEDAYSOFSLAVERYAFLDGENO INGS AHEAD OF MY OWN OR TO FORGO WASNTRACISTWHITENESSTAUGHTME

CIDE WHITE POWER DECKED ITSELF IN CURRENT BLISS FOR THE PROMISE OF TO THINK OF MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE TO

HATRED AND BOLD ASSERTIONS OF SU FUTURE GAIN WHENIT COMES TO RAC THE LESS CIVILIZED IT WAS SHOCK TO

PERIORITY TODAY AS BLACK FEMI ISM AM STILL LEARNING THIS LESSON FIND OUT AFTER ALL HAD INVESTED IN

NIST BELL HOOKS POINTS OUT THE MOST WHITE PRIVILEGE IS SOMETHING WE SENSE OF SUPERIORITY THAT IDIDN

PERSUASIVE MASK OF WHITE SU ENJOY BESIDES THE COUNTLESS MATE OWNTHE MORAL HIGH GROUND HAD

PREMACY IS FEAR MY FEAR OF THE RIAL ADVANTAGES OF WHITENESS IT TO CLIMB DOWN OFF MY HIGH HORSE

ANGEROFDARKSKINNEDPEOPLECON GIVES US SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT AND ACCEPT THE WORDOF PEOPLE OF

VINCED ME WASPOWERLESS IT KEPT SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE MORAL AND IN COLOR ON WHAT RACISM IS AND WHAT

ME FROM SEEING HOW MY ACTIONS TELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY AND PERSONAL WE NEED TO DO ABOUT IT HAD TO

AND INACTIONS HELPED TO MAINTAIN LEARN TO DOUBT EVERYTHING HAD

SYSTEM OF SUPERIOR POWER THAT BEEN TAUGHT HAD TO GET OFF THE

BENEFITED ME IMMENSELY TO MOVE WHITE EXPRESSWAY AND TAKE THE

THROUGH THE LAYER OF FEAR THAT CAME MOVE THROUGH THE SCENIC ROUTE THROUGH OTHER

WITH MY GUILT HAD TO ACKNOWL PEOPLES REALITIES

EDGE THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE FAR LAYER OF FEAR THAT CAME FOUND HAD SWALLOWED THE

MORE JUSTIFIABLE REASONS TO REGARD BELIEF THAT WHITE PEOPLE CANT HELP

WHITE PEOPLE WITH TERROR WITH MY GUILT HAD TO BEING RACIST THAT WE ARE SO THOR

BEGAN TO QUESTION WHAT HAD OUGHLY CONDITIONED WE CANT BE

LEARNEDABOUTWHOWASMOSTLIKELY ACKNOWLEDGETHAT PEOPLE ANY OTHER WAY OF COURSE RE

TO DO ME VIOLENCE HAD TO FACE MY SENTED BEING TOLD TO MAKECHANGES

FEAR OF PUNISHMENT FROM OTHER OF COLOR HAVE FAR MORE BELIEVED WERE BEYOND MY CON

WHITE PEOPLE FOR BREAKING RANKS TROL CONFUSED BEING WHITE WITH

AND OPPOSING RACISM WHITE PRIVI JUSTIFIABLE REASONS TO WHITENESS WASBORN WHITE BUT

LEGE IS BASED ON WHITE SOLIDARITY LEARNED WHITENESS IF RACISM WERE

MAINTAINED BY COMBINATION OF REGARD WHITE PEOPLE WITH INEVITABLE SIMPLY PART OF HUMAN

REWARDS FOR GOOD RACIST BEHAV NATURE THEN THERE WOULD BE NO

IOR OR SILENT COMPLICITY AND BY TERROR EFFORT TO INDOCTRINATE WHITE PEOPLE

THREATS AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THOSE WITH RACIST BELIEFS NO PRESSURE ON

WHO BREAK THE CODES OF WHITE US TO CONFORMTO WHITE SUPREMACY

NESS OUR OBSESSIVE EXAGGERATED IN FACT AS BELL HOOKS MAINTAINS

FEAR OF BLACK ANGER IN PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE ITPUTS USINTHEWORDS WHITE PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO

IS MEANT TO REINFORCE OUR LOYALTY TO OF NOVELIST JAMAICA KINCAID BE REJECT WHITENESSBY ACTING AGAINST

WHITENESS YOND CONFIDENCE AND BEYOND RACISM AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY DOUBT HAVE CHOICE CAN CONTINUE TO

RESENTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SMALL WONDER THEN THAT FELT WEAR THE ARMOROF WHITE PRIVILEGE

FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCED RESENT RESENTMENT WHEN CONFRONTED BY OR CAN DEVELOP TRUE CONFIDENCE

MENT AS PART OF GUILT WHEN WAS PEOPLE OF COLOR ON RACISM DIDNT BY FINDING OUT WHO WOULD BE IF

CAUGHT DOING SOMETHINGBAD BUT WANT TO GIVE UP THE PRIVILEGE OF MOVED THROUGH THE WORLD WITH

PLEASURABLE WAS TOLD IT WAS PRETENDING THAT AS LONG AS NEVER OUT IT

WRONG BECAUSE IT HURT OTHERS OR USED THE WORDNIGGER DIDNT

BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT ME IN THE HAVE ANY POWER OVER PEOPLE OF ACCEPTANCE OF

LONG RUN GROWINGUP MEANT LEARN COLOR DIDNT WANT TO GIVE UP THE RESPONSIBILITY

ING SOMETIMES TO PUT OTHERS FEEL PRIVILEGE OF DEFINING WHAT WAS OR AS LEAVE BEHIND THE SHAME

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FEAR AND RESENTMENT ATTACHED TO

WHITE GUILT EMPATHY TUGS MORE

STRONGLY AND THE CALL OF CONSCIENCE

WHITE RINGS OUT MORE CLEARLY THAN EVER CHOOSE DISLOYALTY TO WHITENESS

BECAUSE EMBRACE AN ETHIC OF LOVE

COME FROM CLAN CANT LOVE INSTEADOF THEETHICOF DOMINATION

OR LEAVE WEAR ITS FLAG NOT BECAUSE THINK SHARE WHAT

THE COLOR RESEMBLES PANIC PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE EXPERIENCED

TINTED WITH BLOODSHED UNDER RACISM AND NOT BECAUSE OF

GUILTRIDDEN DOGOODERLIBERAL

MENTALITY LAM AN ENEMY OF WHITE

WANT TO BELIEVE FM DESCENDED NESS BECAUSE AS WOMANAS

FROM AT LEAST ONE REDNECKED WOMAN LESBIAN AS PERSON WITH DISABII

IN CLAPBOARD HOUSE WANTING COLUMNS TIES HAVE EXPERIENCED THE ETHIC

OF DOMINATION ON MY OWNBODY WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST SLAVERY FIGHT THE DOMINATORS FOR THE RIGHT

BUT DONT KNOW HER ANYMORE TO LIVE TO LOVE MYSELF TO OPENLY

LOVE THOSE CHOSE AND TO NOT PRE TEND DESIRES DO NOT FEEL BELIEVE

THAN KNOWWHORODE WITH THE KKK WILL NEVER ACHIEVE OR DESERVE

WHORECEIVED AS GIFT THESE RIGHTS WHILE MYSELF CON THE SLAVES HER FATHER FATHERED TINUE TO PRACTICE AN ETHIC OF DOMI

WHOBETRAYED THE BLACK WOMAN NATION OVER OTHERS NOR DO IMAG INE THAT WILL EVER ATTAIN THESE

SHE ONCE LOVED AS CHILD GOALS WITHOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR AS

ASK THESE QUESTIONS MY AFFIES AND THE DEFENDERS OF WHITE HONOR AS AMERICANS WE ARE TRAINED

TURN INTO AVENGING SPERM TO REGARD ALL PROBLEMS AND SOLU

TIONS AS INDIVIDUAL IN NATURE BUT

IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE ETHIC OF

MY GUILT IS INDIVIDUAL DOMINATION WITH AN ETHIC OF LOVE WHAT COATS MY THROAT WE HAVE TO BUILD BROAD COALITIONS

LIKE RED CLAY DUST WITH MULTIISSUE AGENDA AND

EACH ISSUE ON THAT AGENDA WILL RE IS COLLECTIVE PRIVILEGE

QUIRE COLLECTIVE EFFORT NO AMOUNT

SILENCE PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE OF CHANGE IN MYINDIVIDUALBEHAV SISTERHOOD DEMANDS PROOF IOR COULD REMOVE THE PRIVILEGES

OF THE TREASON UNDERNEATH MY SKIN HAVE ASAWBITESKINNED PERSON IN

RACIST SOCIETY CHANGE IS ONLY

POSSIBLE IF TAKE ACTION WITH OTH

ERS TO ATTACK AND DISMANTLE THE

AMY EDGINGTON SYSTEM OF RACISM WHITE AMERICANS ARE TAUGHT TO

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ADMIRE INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS SINGLE OF WHITE SOLIDARITY THAT RACISM WHAT DO FEEL REMORSE ABOUT

MINDED FOCUS AND QUICK RESULTS DEPENDS ON RACISM IS SO HUGE WHATAM SCARED OF WHYDO FEEL

SHAME AND CONTEMPT ARE ATTACHED THAT ALL MYACTS SEEM SMALL IN COM RESENTMENT WHAT CHANGES DO

TO ANY CONDITION THAT REQUIRES US PARISONBUT IT IS PRECISELY THIS

KIND NEED TO MAKE WHATDO NEED TO

TO ASK FOR HELP SUCH AS CHILDHOOD OF LIFELONG CHIPPINGAWAY THAT WE KNOW WHO CAN HELP ME HOW

POVERTY ILLNESS OR DISABILITY BUT MUST COMMIT OURSELVES TO DOING CAN HELP OTHER WHITE PEOPLE

TO FIGHT RACISM WEWILL HAVE TO FIND LISTEN WHEN PERSON OF COLOR CHANGE

ALLIES AMONG PEOPLE OF COLOR AND SAYS THATS RACIST ITS TIME TO TALK UNDOING RACISM CANNOT

OTHER WHITES WEWILL HAVE TO HELP TAKE DEEP BREATH CLOSE MY BE DONE ALONE ITS IMPORTANT FOR

EACH OTHER STRUGGLE ON SEVERAL MOUTH SIT DOWN AND LISTEN BE METO FIND OTHER WHITE PEOPLE WHO

FRONTS SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR GENERA SHARE THE SAME GOALS WE MUST

TIONS IF WE REGARD FIGHTING RACISM ALSO SEEK CONVERTS TO TRY TO TURN

AS AN INDIVIDUAL ENDEAVOR WE WILL THE SOULS OF OTHER WHITE PEOPLE

FROM THE RACISM CYNICAL FEAR QUICKLY BECOME IMMOBILIZED BY

GUILT HAD TO LEARN TO DOUBT MEANSPIRITEDNESS NARROWNESS

AND INDIFFERENCE TO THE KIND OF

HOWWE CAN DEFUSE THE EVERYTHING HAD BEEN LOVEFORSELFANDOTHERSTHATVALUES

NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF GUILT DIVERSITY AND FEELS NO NEED TO

GET INFORMATION THE MORE TAUGHT HAD TO GET OFF THE DOMINATE THIS IS HOW WHITE

LEARN ABOUT RACISM THE LESS TEND PEOPLE CAN PRACTICE WHAT CORNELL

TO SEE IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL MORAL WHITE EXPRESSWAY AND WEST CALLS THE POLITICS OF CONVER

PROBLEM AND THE FEWER MISTAKES SION

MAKEAS AN INDIVIDUAL THE MORE TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE THERE ARE CLEARLY MANY WHITE

LEARN ABOUT RACISM THE LESS WORK PEOPLE WHO ARE DEEPLY COMMIT

PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE TO DO TO EX THROUGH OTHER PEOPLES TED TO WHITE SUPREMACY THEY ARE

PLAIN TO ME HOWTHEY EXPERIENCE UNLIKELY TO BE SWAYEDITS IMPOR

THE WORLD THE MORE LEARN ABOUT REALITIES TANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY

THE ETHIC OF DOMINATION THE MORE FACE WHITE RESISTANCE TO TELL THEM

UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD GAIN BY IN EFFECT IF CANNOT CHANGE YOUR

LIVING IN WORLD FREE OF SUPREMA MIND WILL PUT MY BODY IN YOUR

CIST BLINDERS CAPABLE OF RESPECT CAUSE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION IM IN PATH WE SHOULD MEASURE OUR

ING DIFFERENCES AND FILLED WITH TRUE THE FIRST GRADE AGAIN AND ITS GONNA COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING

RACISM NOT

SELFRESPECT THAT DOES NOT DEMAND TAKE LOT OF STUDY TO MOVE ON TO BY HOWMANY PEOPLE OF COLOR WE

SUBMISSIVE GESTURES FROMANYONE THE NEXT CLASS TRY TO PUT MY FEEL COUNT AS FRIENDS OR LOVERS BUT BY

DO SOMETHING THE STRONGEST INGS ON THE BACK BURNER TELL HOWMANY WHITE PEOPLE WE ARE

ANTIDOTE TO GUILT IS ACTION THE LESS MYSELF THAT IF HAVE HURT SOME WILLING TO SPEAK TO ABOUT RACISM

DO ABOUT RACISM THE GUILTIER ONE EVENINADVERTENTLY SHENEEDS

FEEL WHITE SUPREMACY IS BUILT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FIRST TRY NOT TO BACK TO THE PAST

LARGELY ON THE COMPLICITY AND IN EXPECT INSTANT FORGIVENESS OR RES FINALLY CANNOT TALK ABOUT

ACTION OF WHITE PEOPLE THE SIM TORATION OF TRUST MUST FOLLOW WHITE GUILT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT

PLEST THING SUCH AS INTERRUPTING THROUGH ON ANY COMMITMENT THE COLLECTIVE GUILT OUR RACE BEARS

RACIST JOKE OR WRITING LETTER TO THE MAKE TO CHANGE FOR ATROCITIES SUCH AS SLAVERY AND

EDITOR ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY IS CAN TAKE CARE OF MY GUILT LATER THE GENOCIDE OF INDIAN PEOPLES

SIGNIFICANT BREAK WITH THE IMAGE BY BREAKING IT DOWN INTO PIECES HISTORY THREATENS TO CRASH DOWN

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ONUSWHENEVERWEARECONFROFLTED INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE DID WE LEARN THEIR NAMES IN

WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL RACIST BEHAV AMERICANS AND THE ANTISEMITIC SCHOOL

IOR IN THE HERE AND NOWCOLLECTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICIES THAT HELPED HOWMANY AMERICANS KNOW

GUILT IS LIKE HERD OF ELEPHANTS IN CONDEMN JEWS TO HITLERS GAS

THAT THE HYMNAMAZING GRACE

THE LIVING ROOMTHAT WHITE PEOPLE CHAMBERS WASWRITTEN BY SLAVE TRADER DE

HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO IGNORE AND SCRIBING RELIGIOUS CONVERSION THAT

WE TEND TO GET FREAKED OUT WHEN LED HIM TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE

SOMEONE CALLS THE DUNG TO OUR AT WORKING TO ABOLISH THE SLAVE TRADE

TENTION IN GREAT BRITAIN IT SERVES THE IN

SLAVERY AND GENOCIDE ARE PART AM AN ENEMY OF TERESTS OF WHITE SUPREMACY

FOR

OF EVERY ASPECT OF CONTEMPORARY WHITE PEOPLE TO FORGET BOTH OUR

WHITE RACISM ALL WHITE PRIVILEGES WHITENESS BECAUSE AS FRIGHTFUL LEGACY OF RACISM AND THOSE

HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN THESE HISTORICAL ANCESTORS WHO OPPOSED RACISM

OUTRAGES AMERICANS PARTICULARLY WOMANAS LESBIAN AS FOR ME THE PERSONAL STORIES

WHITE AMERICANS ARE ALLERGIC TO FICTION AND POETRY OF THOSE WHO

LOOKING AT THE PAST WE GLORIFY THE PERSON WITH DISABILITIES EXPERIENCED THESE ATROCITIES OR

ENDLESS FRONTIER OF THE FUTURE WE WHOSE ANCESTORS DID ARE THE MOST

HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT THIS IS LAND HAVE EXPERIENCED THE COMPELLING KIND OF HISTORY

THIS IS

WHERE PEOPLE CAN PUT ASIDE THEIR THE ONLY HISTORY NOT WRITTEN BY THE

PAST AND BECOME WHATEVER THEY ETHIC OF DOMINATION ON

WINNERS AND ITS VERY DIFFERENT

WISH TO BE THIS DREAM IS ONLY FROM WHAT WE READ IN SCHOOL IT

ATTAINABLE FOR WHITE PEOPLE HOW HAS THE POWER TO OPEN OUR EYES TO

MY OWNBODY THE CONCRETE DETAILS OF OPPRESSION EVER PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE NEVER

ALLOWED TO LEAVE THEIR ANCESTRY AND TO THE INTERIOR LIVES OF THOSE

BEHIND THEM WE WERE TRAINED NOT TO SEE THIS

WHITE PEOPLE OFTEN PROTEST IN WRITING IS FULL OF HOPE AND WIT

ANGER OR FRUSTRATION THAT THERE IS DESPAIR AND COURAGE

IT COLORS IN

NOTHING WE CAN DO TO CHANGE FINDING OUR HEROES THE BLANKS IN OUR VISION OF WHAT IT

HISTORY BUT IN FACT HISTORY IS AND SHEROES MEANS TO BE HUMAN

COLLECTIVE MEMORY WE ACTIVELY ITS NOT JUST THE RACIST PAST THATS

WORK TO CHANGE HISTORY WHEN WE BEEN BURIED THE LONG HISTORY OF MOVING ON

IGNORE IT OR REMAIN WILLFULLY ANTIRACIST WORK IN THIS COUNTRY COLLECTIVEGUILTNI

IGNORANT ABOUT IT OUR FIRST DUTY HAS BEEN BURIED AS WELL SOME AN EVEN BIGGER PIT TO FALL INTO THAN

TO HISTORY IS TO KNOW IT TO LOOK WHITE PEOPLE MAY KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL GUILT BUT LISTENING TO

DEEPLY AND UNFLINCHINGLY AT THE NAMES IF NOT THE LIVES OF SOME OF THE PAST IS THE FIRST STEP IN TURNING

SUCCESSIVE ENSLAVEMENTS OF THE BLACK HEROES AND SHEROES OF COLLECTIVE GUILT INTO COLLECTIVE AC

INDIANS AND AFRICANS AT THE FORCED ABOLITION THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF COUNTABILITY THE NEXT STEP IS COL

LABOR OF THE CHINESE WHO BUILT AFRICANAMERICANS TO EDUCATE US LECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK CARE

OUR RAILROADS AT THE MASSACRES BUT THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY THE FULLY AT THE EXACTLY HOWWE EXPERI

IMPRISONMENT AND BROKEN TREATIES MOST HOPEFUL EVENT IN THE HISTORY ENCE PRIVILEGE TODAY AND YET ARE

INDIANS HAVE SUFFERED AT LYNCHING OF SOCIAL JUSTICE WAS DUE IN PART ABLE FOR THE MOST PART TO REMAIN

AND SEGREGATION THE EVIL STEP TO THE EFFORTS OF SIGNIFICANT

MI BLISSFULLY UNAWARE OF IT IN SOD

TWINS OF SLAVERY AT THE NORITY OF WHITE MEN AND WOMEN ETY DOMINATED BY WHITE PEOPLE

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MOST IMPORTANTLY WE CAN BETHE GANG GIN TO TURN COLLECTIVE GUILT INTO

YOUVE SEEN THEM ON THE CORNER OF CAPITOL AND MAIN COLLECTIVE ACTION TO TRANSFORM OR

OVERTHROW INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE IN PIN STRIPES AND BLUE SERGES JAYWALKING BROADWAY RACIST EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MEDIA

WATCH FOR THE 100 HAIRCUTS THOSE ITALIAN LEATHER SHOES

TELLTALE BULGES OF CELL PHONES AND BEEPERS

HIGHCALIBER LAPTOPS SLUNG AT THEIR SIDES

WHEN PERSON OF COLOREVE KNOWS WHICH HOUSES BELONG TO THE GANG

GLASSSTUDDED CONCRETE TOWERS WHERE NOBODY LIVES SAYS THATS RACIST ITS WHERE THEY PEDDLE JUNK BONDS AND BAIL OUT LS

THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS FULL OF GRAFFITI THE TIME TO TAKE DEEP

WITH DOUBLE LINE STANDS FOR THE GANGS MOTTO

HOW LONG CANYOU KEEP SNAKE BEHIND BARS BREATH CLOSE MY MOUTH

ON WALL STREET SIGNS FLY ACROSS THE MONEY PITS SIT DOWNAND LISTEN

DEALS GO DOWN IN LA WITH FEW TINES OF COKE BECAUSE SCHOOL IS IN IN WASHINGTON THE GANGROBS GROCERIES

FROM GRANDMA LUNCH MONEY FROM THE KIDS SESSION

THEY SEND TEENS IN BAGGY PANTS TO DRIVE BY

PANAMA AND GRENADA JETS TOWRIDE

THE ASPHALT SKIES OF BAGHDAD AND MOGADISHU

ASSAULT GUNS CANT TOUCH FUELAIR BOMBS COURTS PRISONS ANDPOLICE THATPUT

CLUSTER MINES URANIUMTIPPED THE POWER BEHIND WHITE PRIVILEGESHELLS ITS HARD WORK AND ITS SCARY BUT IT

FEELS WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN WAL YES WE HAVE GANG PROBLEM LOWING IN GUILT

YET EVE TIME SHOOTING STARTS AMY EDGINGTON THE GANG BLAMES SOME OTHER COLOR

THEY MASK THEMSELVES WITH MI1ES

THEY SPEAK THROUGH MUFFLED LIES

BUT WE HOLD THE GANG RESPONSIBLE

WE KNOWWHOTHEY ARE

AMYEDG

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