White Women: Admitting We’re All Racist is the First Step to Dismantling White Supremacy
<p>In<strong>January of 2017</strong>, following the 2016 presidential election, I remember the devastation I felt when I learned that my mother was amongst the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/10/white-women-donald-trump-victory" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">53% of white women</a> who voted for Trump.</p>
<p><em>“You know, how you’re feeling right now, scared and anxious, is how I felt when Obama was elected.”</em></p>
<p>As soon as the words left her mouth I realized that my mother — a loving, patient, and compassionate woman who raised me to always speak up, stand out, and be kind to others — was afraid that if a Black man held the highest office in the United States, a race-war would break out, and she would be treated the same way Black people have been treated since the first ship carrying enslaved African people landed on America’s soil in 1619. In short: my mother was racist.</p>
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