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“I was co-leading a workshop with an African American man. A white participant said to him, "I don't see race; I don't see you as black." My co-trainer's response was, "Then how will you see racism?" He then explained to her that he was black, he was confident that she could see this, and that his race meant that he had a very different experience in life than she did. If she were ever going to understand or challenge racism, she would need to acknowledge this difference. Pretending that she did not noticed that he was black was not helpful to him in any way, as it denied his reality - indeed, it refused his reality - and kept hers insular and unchallenged. This pretense that she did not notice his race assumed that he was "just like her," and in so doing, she projected her reality onto him. For example, I feel welcome at work so you must too; I have never felt that my race mattered, so you must feel that yours doesn't either. But of course, we do see the race of other people, and race holds deep social meaning for us.”

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Book:White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Source: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

“Denying that race matters is irrational in the face of segregation and all of the other forms of obvious racial inequity in society. It is even more irrational to believe that it is whites who are at the receiving end of discrimination. Maintaining this denial of reality takes tremendous emotional and psychic energy.”

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Book:What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy

Source: What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy

“He was not safe. I wasn't angry, I was heartbroken. We couldn't talk about the ways in which race and racism impacted my life, because he was unwilling to even acknowledge the racism that was impacting my life and he was unable to prioritize my safety over his comfort - which meant that we couldn't talk about me.”

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Book:So You Want to Talk About Race

Source: So You Want to Talk About Race

“The tree leaves die in fire and my people call it autumn.”

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Book:Foxfire - A book of poems

Source: Foxfire - A book of poems