The Hypocrisy of White Liberal “Wokeness”

I live in a middle-class neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, ostensibly one of the most progressive cities in the country (if you’re willing to overlook our breathtakingly racist history of redlining, exclusion, and gentrification). It seems as though every third house I pass on my daily walks has a yard or a window sign proclaiming that Black Lives Matter or that Refugees are Welcome or informing passersby what it means to live in our welcoming America. Look how much we care. I can’t help but notice that the overwhelming majority of people who walk out of these houses (approximately 80%, based on my empirical observations over the last 13 months) do so without wearing a mask, despite the fact that the Black members of our community are three times more likely to catch COVID than they are. Black lives matter so much to us, right up until the point where we have to alter our behavior, inconvenience ourselves, or do something that makes us slightly uncomfortable. <a href="https://jenniferrabin.medium.com/the-hypocrisy-of-white-liberal-wokeness-41642fd5ac6b">Read More</a>