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just a reminder that if a person of color tells you that something you do is racist it is in your best interest to listen to them and self crit rather than argue with them
if you truly want to be an ally, if you’re really committed to the struggle, listen to the voices of poc who go out of their way to educate you and stop fighting them lmao

why y’all “allies” sleeping on this

because this has been making the rounds again i’d like to add on a few things:

• this goes for people of color too, not just white people. racism, especially anti-blackness and colorism, aren’t unique to white people, everybody’s gotta check themselves on their own internalized biases and prejudices 
• if a person of color does go out of their way to educate you and you know that this is something you can research or inform yourself about without making this person do unnecessary emotional labour, hit google real quick and educate yourself, it’s not that hard
• use your common sense. i’ve seen so many people on this post say “this person of color said air conditioning/saying the phrase “black coffee”/whatever xyz nonsense is racist, do i still have to listen to them?” don’t play and argue over stuff you already know is nonsense for the sake of refusing to critique real issues of racism get outta here