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“White people must show up and be willing to step out of the safe shelter that whiteness and the lack of direct impact can afford them. . . . For white people, in addition to all the reasons described earlier, risking is a form of solidarity.”

Book:How to Have Antiracist Conversations: Embracing Our Full Humanity to Challenge White Supremacy

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“If you think about how many magical Negro, Native American, or wise Asian mentor tropes you’ve watched in movies over the years, it’s easy to understand why so many white folks have been brainwashed into believing that POC exist to support their growth and evolution. The utter failure to comprehend that gaining respect and validation from white folks is not a ubiquitous goal for folks of color is exhausting.”

Racism Wellness Allyship Decolonzation

Book:Decolonizing Wellness

Source: Decolonizing Wellness

“You don’t have to dedicate your precious time to attempting to get faux allies to understand that while they are clearly the center of their universe, they are not the center of yours.”

Mindfulness Racism Wellness Decolonization Allyship

Book:Decolonizing Wellness

Source: Decolonizing Wellness

“It is never the privileged outsider who gets to decide when they’re a good ally. Especially not if they want to use their status as an ally to excuse whatever they have done that has offended someone in the group they claim to be supporting.”

Antiracism Allyship

Book:Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Source: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

“There is much more to doing good work than ‘making a difference’. There is the principle of first do no harm.”

Anti Racism Allyship Do No Harm Performative Allyship

Author:Nova Reid

“Often, the performative ally professes allegiance in order to distance themselves from potential scrutiny.”

Racism Racist Black Lives Matter Blacklivesmatter Anti Racism Allyship Performative Ally

Author:Carmen Morris

“Instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional, vague and enigmatic.”

Faith Christ

Book:The Brothers Karamazov

Source: The Brothers Karamazov

“Performative allyship does not engage on a complex level. It consists of low level, often ill-informed rhetorical statements that are usually obvious to Black and Brown employees and real allies, of the anti racist, racially inclusive agenda. It lacks genuine concern and does little to acknowledge the very behaviours that support structural and process driven racism.”

Racism Racist Black Lives Matter Blacklivesmatter Anti Racism Allyship Structural Racism Performative Ally

Author:Carmen Morris

“Anti-Racism is Not a Performance Game”

Racism Racist Black Lives Matter Blacklivesmatter Anti Racism Allyship Structural Racism Performative Ally

Author:Carmen Morris

“Showing up for others is one of the most powerful things you can do.”

Power Showing Up Allyship Ally

Book:Being an Ally

Source: Being an Ally

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