Ten Things To Remember: Anti-Racist Strategies For White Student Radicals

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[GuavaCheesePuff]

After many years as a white student radical (in high school and then college), I'm reconsidering my experience. I made a lot of mistakes and was blind in many ways, particularly as a white person. What follows are some lessons that I am learning, some strategies for reflecting on, interrogating, and disrupting racism in our lives. 1) Transforming the world means challenging and changing institutions and ourselves. Systems of oppression are ingrained in both and, accordingly, must be confronted in both. More than once an activist of color or an actively anti-racist white person has confronted me: "Why are you always rushing off to do solidarity actions with people in other parts of the world when you don't even make time to deal with your own shit?" They're right. As white student activists, we are in fact notorious for protesting injustices across the globe, yet neglecting to confront systems of oppression on our campuses, in our communities, and in ourselves. Being an effective student activist means making priorities, and at times we must prioritize slower-paced, not-so-flashy work over dramatic actions that offer immediate gratification. Being an effective white student activist means prioritizing daily dismantlement of white privilege--creating and participating in forums for whites to grapple with racism, allying with struggles that people of color are engaged in, constantly remaining open to our own mistakes and feedback from others.

[Molon Labbie]

This guy should read about Channon Christian and Christopher Newsome before he gets too flipping cozy. He is nothing more than cannon fodder, a useful idiot to throw himself at the police.

When he is no longer useful, someone with el or bey in their name will make sure his mush filled head comes right off.

[wbill]

As white activists, we need to shut up and listen to people of color, especially when they offer criticism

As FReepers, we need to sh..... HAHAHAHAHAhahah!! Nope, couldn't say it with a straight face.

What if they find black people people of color who agree with them? Do they cancel each other out? Or, do the ones who disagree trump the ones who agree? Or..

Geez, this is confusing. It's hard to be a liberal, and not be able to have your own opinion.

[allblues]

If racism did not exist liberals would have to invent it.

[arthurus]

They take activism courses in college then graduate to low paying jobs as activists for the Democrat Party or for Soros Industries. As they sharpen their skills they may advance to be activist supervisors and if they persist in their chosen career path they may become politicians.

[arthurus]

Liberals do not connect work with money. Work is what “they” make you do. Then they give you some money to keep you alive so that they can make you work some more. Money is a necessary-for-life mineral that “they” control and use to control you by withholding it or by giving you some. In a just world “they” would not have control of that mineral and everyone would share in it and no one would have to work. Work is the slavery imposed by rich white people on everyone else to make rich white people richer and maybe whiter.

[al_c]

Getting sick of the entire white race being blamed for all of the black’s problems. Why is everyone so quick to point fingers at an entire race yet give a pass to Islamists when groups of them slaughter innocent people? Makes no sense to me.