The topic of racial inequality has come to the forefront of conversation in the United States over the last couple of years.
Whether it’s due to the folks who’ve captured police violence against people of color (George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery) and share it on the Internet, the ensuing Black Lives Matter movement, or a combination of all of the above plus just a generally more divided country, people who had an easy time ignoring it in the past can no longer in all good conscience do so now.
White people have to learn to think about how their behaviors affect POC, even in subtle ways.
So when Twitter user @abcdrih asked “what’s something that ISN’T racist but still FEELS racist to you?” it was like a crash-course for non-POC on exactly how they come off to people outside their own race.
She also shared her own thoughts:
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Them camouflage outfits they get from Walmart
— almond nails supremacy (@madamndorrina) November 10, 2020
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Or when they say “blacks” instead of black people.
— honeyandbees (@honeyandbees1) November 10, 2020
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Giving baby names unnecessary letters like “y”, “x”, “eigh”, etc and just inventing names that should never have been conceived. pic.twitter.com/B4OdedeCa2
— Cyrus (@KurtCovonnegut) November 10, 2020
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No one can change my mind pic.twitter.com/uMvX6YnijO
— ⚔️ZELDA BOTW 2 STAN⚔️ (@hussi_maraj) November 10, 2020
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https://twitter.com/whosemans1/status/1326212408717811712
this type of face mask https://t.co/9LqUUKO97d pic.twitter.com/Ng2O3a96ga
— jommy (@jonathan82301) November 10, 2020
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You forgot that every finger has a James Avery ring, she's carrying a phone case wristlet from Vera Bradley, and her hair is in a loose ponytail (I live in Texas) pic.twitter.com/Ze47Ouh0cp
— Screaming on the inside (@Oxymoronic_dee) November 11, 2020
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I see your glasses and raise you these pic.twitter.com/DBnVD7Nbol
— Steve (@Steve______B) November 10, 2020
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The post keeps racking up comments, with over 6K so far…
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That reminded me of this pic.twitter.com/dv2qghUDor
— Moon Power Maroon (@TeaxSkin) November 11, 2020
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Tbh idk what a casserole is never had one and I don't think I wanna try one either
— Blacklivesmatter (@Black_lives_13) November 11, 2020
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My brain exploded when I saw this one pic.twitter.com/fQ2TkooUCm
— Mike Williams (@red_mcwilliams) November 10, 2020
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I like to call this outfit the ‘can you play Sicko Mode or Mo Bamba’ outfit
— Benjamin ‘Camry’ L. #BLM (@realbcousin100) November 10, 2020