Consider a study of racial activist burnout, in which educational researchers Paul Gorski and Noura Erakat noticed a pattern.10 While both white activists and activists of color experienced burnout, the reasons varied. Of particular relevance, these researchers found that 82 percent of the activists of color they interviewed identified white racial justice activists as a major source of their burnout. The activists of color “attributed their burnout to the attitudes and behaviors—the racism—of white activists” (italics in original).
