White Lies: the Cover for Weaponization

Just like clockwork, each time that a white person is called in or out for weaponizing their privilege, there is a barrage of lies to cloak them from accountability. Before you become defensive and fight to convince yourself that I am reaching…I want you to CHOOSE to be honest with yourself about yourself for a moment. Have you ever witnessed the blatant weaponization of privilege and had a knee jerk reaction to deny that it was occurring? Have you found yourself NOT correcting people who have embellished the situation in favor of the aggressor? Have you turned a “blind eye” to OBVIOUS lies concocted to project victimhood onto the [actual] perpetrator? Not so much of reach is it? It is more of a presentation of actuality…correct? The disdain for marginalized communities when white lies take center stage is UNDENIABLE. Attempting to overshadow the (illogical) untruths is confirmation of the prevalent desire for...