13 7 / 2017

Anonymous asked: If you are white you are no longer allowed to have an opinion on there anymore

Yes, absolutely. On the other hand,  I read a really good post by Josie on this topic on Lianna and it helped me a lot to understand why so many POCs react negatively when white people participate in the race discussions. 

She says “ For white people, talking about race is uncomfortable. For people of color, it’s a necessity. “ This sentence made me understand.

At the end of the day, for many white people race relations is an intellectual discussion, where we want to analyze all sides of the issue so that we can relate it to our own experiences. But for POCs it is an every day struggle and to them the urgency of the issue is much greater and their patience has worn thin. They have no patience for analyzing, relating and translating it into experiences whites can relate to.

But I don’t see any other way than continuing to talk to each other. In the end, only through talking we’ll reach better understanding. Shutting down the ability of people to talk is counterproductive because it prevents us from forming that mutual understanding.