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Highly recommended for any white person who needs a reality check on what is happening in the current political climate. I was looking to better understand how I as a white person fit in to the movement and how I can be an ally to those BIPOC people in my life. Let's be real, this was hard, hard work and it will take a strong commitment to being better to get through the full challenge. This was gut wrenching and difficult information to process, but by the end you start to get a better grasp on
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Continuing my journey with educating myself. Me and White Supremacy gives you the tools to explore ideas of what it means to be a good white person. This book explains how clinging to the notion about being a good white person can do more harm and continue racism, preventing you from doing the real work. Topics covered include white exceptionalism, tokenism, optical allyship, and white saviorism. It makes you question what it means to be good as a person who has white privilege. One topic that
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This is definitely NOT an easy book to get through if you really meditate on it and go through the daily exercises. That being said, I think this is a really important book. It is eye-opening and has completely changed the way I think. Until we face white supremacy and own up to it, we can't move forward in a positive direction and make changes for the better.
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