Not All White People is NOT a Response

      To the descendants of those that created the concept and hierarchy of race...STOP saying, "not all white people", when non-white people are talking about our lived experiences.  YOU ARE APART OF THE PROBLEM, therefore, YES it is ALL White people.  Othering yourself from the conversation that NEEDS to occur is far from helpful.  Attempting to absolve yourself from finding solutions and calling in your kindred will NOT fix the problem that your ancestors created and their descendants uphold.  

     Combating oppression is NOT th time to center yourself as a performative, conditional ally.

     Instead of offering such a knee-jerk retort, maybe...just maybe...you should SHOW that you are NOT amounsgt the problematic of your genetic disposition. 😏 If you are actively working to unlearn the racism that was indroctrinated into you...SHOW THAT.  Call in your kinfolk.  STOP breaking bread with those that indoctrinated you are remain comfortably snuggled within their bigotry and privilege. 😏 Shouting, "noat all white people" in one breath to then retell your holiday encounters with racist relatives makes your claims moot.  

     Serving as refuge for racists a good person it does NOT make.

     Also, telling marginalized people that talking about the systemic racism that we must endure perpetuates it IS NOT THE PROPER MOVE.  Claims such as that further proves that yes...indeed it is ALL White people.  There was a time that BIPOC individuals could NOT speak on the racism targeting them and guess what...RACISM STILL EXISTED, it did NOT magically disapate.  

     You want to other yourself because HEARING of racism is tiring for you.

     Imagine how tiresome it is to be forced to wade through the oceans of systems of it.  Imagine how taxing it is to have to preplan each encounter with melanin lacking humans.  Think of the conversations and lessons that have to be learned and taught when your SKIN is viewed as a WEAPON.  Have you any idea how exhausting it is to have to work 3-4 times harder to be paid as if you were mediocre? Now imagine all of that while people who benefit from your strife sit back, perpetuate it, watch injustice occur (silently), pretend that it is not an issue, attempt to turn your entire community into a monolith due to a few "good ones" that they find palatable and they excuse the brutal murders of your kindred (nearly) daily.  How likely would you take kindly to the "not all White people" narrative?