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

by Layla F. Saad

It has been my consistent experience leading antiracist education over the last twenty-five years that most white people don’t really want to know what to do about racism if it

will require anything of them that is inconvenient or uncomfortable.

This is not a personal growth book that is designed to make you feel good about yourself.

race is a deeply held social construct

And in fact, it is an expression of white privilege itself to choose not to look at it.

whiteness means that one’s day-to-day life is not impacted by skin color, so conversations around racism tend to be shallow and filled with platitudes.

When you insist that you will not believe or give credibility or attention to BIPOC until they speak in a tone that suits you, then you uphold the idea that your standards as a white person are more superior.