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It's: "elect Democrats, everywhere, whatever it takes."

It does not solve the problem completely but the differences in the party platforms (to the extent that the GOP even has one) has never been greater.

nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx Challenging white supremacist narratives with friends and relatives

nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx A small victory in my town:

https://ctmirror.org/2021/11/02/critical-race-theory-divides-then-unifies-guilford-as-republican-school-board-candidates-are-defeated/

nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx Throughout my adult life, I have educated students (6th grade through university) about literature and have long made reading non-white authors a priority. I intend to continue that project, but I also want find ways to reach the generations currently in power.

The fact you’re allowed to live here shows how non-racist our country is.

Your racist piece of shit.

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I so dearly wish I had a viable answer. 60 years ago, during the most violent days of the Civil Rights movement I thought it would fade away. Lunchcounters were accessible to all, gas stations closed the 3d restroom, "whites only" signs were removed. I thought the new generation, growing up alongside darker-skinned people would take it in stride, wonder what the fuss had been about. Now 60 years later, their great-grandkids are no better than the ones who spit on Ruby Bridges.

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1) Slap down racism wherever I see it, including in myself.

2) Speak up when people do casual racism.

3) Vote against racists.

4) Teach children inclusion and joy of other cultures and ideas.

5) Listen to the experiences of other people instead of trying to explain their own lives to them.

6) Encourage media to be inclusive.

7) Try to get people with different perspectives and life experiences elected in all positions.

That's maybe a little start.

nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx 1. To shut up and listen 2. To vote in every election that comes down the pike 3. To call out racism when I see it

nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx sometimes I see white folks say "shut up and listen", and as a white folk I say that's not enough. You have to understand. Listening is passive, understanding is challenging your internal biases and we all have it no thanks to generations of systemic racism. Understanding is key to unlearning those biases. Furthermore speaking up instead of shutting up so you can take your learnings to other white folks.

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I try to communicate how there are -tons- of big $$ efforts to keep people racialized and keep us all distracted, divided and conquered.

I try to normalize the idea that most of us have acquired many implicit biases that intersect with race and other social hierarchies. And that the biggest obstacle to our growth and transcending them is shame.

I talk about the fact that people do have different lived experiences with white friends and family using my own differences as LGBT

nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx When it finally happens, I'm going to eat them.

nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx I try to get people to read The Color of Law: The Hidden History of How Our Government Segregated America, for one.