https://contemporaryracism.org/157372/dear-poc-its-not-your-fault/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:47:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/157372/dear-poc-its-not-your-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:47:13 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=157372#comment-1333 I really appreciated what you have done with this post, emphasizing that it would do no harm for oppressors to learn about people with different cultural backgrounds and ethnicities. I loved how strong you were in telling about a personal real-world microaggression that you have experienced. I agree with your closing statement about education on race, people should always attempt to further their knowledge if they truly care about these issues. Although I have a follow up question to this: what do you think would be an effective way of getting people comfortable with engaging in race talk?

]]> https://contemporaryracism.org/157372/dear-poc-its-not-your-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:03:56 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=157372#comment-1302 Julianna, thank you so much for sharing this. It is so not right that POC are left blaming themselves when microaggressions occur. It is also extremely frustrating to know just how many people don’t think that a microaggression has a large impact because of the term “micro”. They can be really heavy and people deserve to be validated in their feelings when experiencing such hurtful circumstances.

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