Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

by Layla F. Saad

Here are a few examples of reactions to being called out or called in: •Becoming defensive, derailing, crying, falling silent, or dramatically leaving the space or conversation. •Focusing on intent while ignoring or minimizing impact. •Tone policing BIPOC by claiming you are being attacked or characterizing the person(s) calling you out as aggressive and irrational. •Denying that your actions were racist because you “do not see color” (color blindness). •Tokenizing BIPOC to prove you are not racist or talking about all the good things you have done for BIPOC (proving that these acts were actually optical allyship). •Talking more than listening to the people calling you out/in. •Focusing on how you can quickly fix things through optical allyship rather than really taking the time to reflect on your actions and do further research on what you are being called out/in for.