madamehearthwitch:madamehearthwitch:madamehearthwitch:A Guide to White Privilege by COURTNEYAHNDESIG
madamehearthwitch:madamehearthwitch:madamehearthwitch:A Guide to White Privilege by COURTNEYAHNDESIGN1. White Privilege doesn’t mean your life hasn’t been hard. It means your skin tone isn’t one of the things making it harder! There’s plenty of other privileges (socio-economic, male, heterosexual, cisgender, christian, able-bodied) but white privilege is perhaps the most enduring throughout history.2. White Privilege exists as a direct result of both historic and enduring racism, biases, and practices designed to oppress people of color.3. White Privilege means you actively benefit from the oppression of POCYou are the dominant representation on all mediaNo on questions your citizenshipProducts are designed for you 1stPeople at work look like youYou don’t get harassed for existing in public locationsInherited power and wealthYour actions aren’t perceived as those of all your race4. Systemic racism exists at every level of society.The wealth gap (90% White owned vs 10% POC owned)Black graduates are 2x more likely to be unemployedBlack americans are 30% more likely to get pulled overBlack students are 3x more likely to be suspendedBlack americans make up 40% of the prison populationBlack americans are shown 18% fewer homesBlack women are 4x more likely to die from childbirthAnd this is only a small port of the oppression5. What would I do with my White Privilege?Teach other White folks the barriers to success for POCPromise to listen to and amplify the voices of POCBe more than “not racist” but actively anti-racistConfront racial injustices even when it’s uncomfortable.Yes, I’m gonna keep posting this. I’mma post this on repeat. And if you think that “politics” have no place in a hearth witch blog…Well other than mostly telling you to go fuck yourself if you come at me with the whole “but all lives matter” and “my life is hard too”… I’d invite you to sit with the idea of what hearthcraft is. What is the point of hearth witchery? And consider that I am also an Irish polytheist, and the idea of hospitality is sacred to me.My hearth is a safe place, and that means no bigots allowed. But more than that, it means that *I* have to be a safe place. I have to learn and grow.So the Dems control the White House. This is GREAT. It also doesn’t really change a damn thing about systemic racism. It does mean, hopefully, that progress can be made, but it’s not a light switch.You still need to be examining your privilege and supporting BIPOC and working to address racism on personal, local and federal levels. -- source link