@dearwhitefriends / dearwhitefriends.tumblr.com
Idk if white people know how dumb they sound when they tell POC to "just leave America if we hate it so much".
A significant portion of us, namely African Americans, are decended from KIDNAPPED PEOPLES. There was no choice to come in the first place.
Another significant portion of us are coming from/came from countries that western countries, like the US, destabilized in the first place.
You won't let us live in our homelands and you sure don't want us here? Just say you're racist and go.
What POC Say: If you recognized that POC get shat on and degraded for participating in our own cultural practices, you’d understand why you shouldn’t appropriate our cultures, and hopefully you wouldn’t want to.
What Y’all Think We Say: You are literally, legally barred from being appropriative. As in its actually illegal, and if you dare ever do it the Coloreds(TM) will knock down your door and drag you away.
Ya’ll Egypt just had the most deadliest militant attack in the country’s modern history. A group of assailants targeted the al-Rawda mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed. The people were doing nothing but worshiping and praying on this Friday morning (11/24/17), until the assailants launched a bomb and started shooting. Over 230 people were killed by the bomb and/or gunfire. No one has claimed responsibility, but this is still a horrifying tragedy. I know it can be hard to keep up with national news in the US, but Egypt deserves as much attention and condolences.
Maybe the reason we're so damn loud is because you never hear our voices.
Sincerely,
A Loud Black Woman
Submitted by @tweety-sweety21
My country is in poverty and our native culture is dying because of your dirty and smallpox-ridden ancestors ruining it. So stop saying we don't work hard enough because it was YOU who ruined our home.
- Angry Native Latino
Submitted by Anonymous
Stop apologizing for racists, white supremacists, and Nazis while making it clear you would NEVER. Now is not a time for you to defend yourself and separate yourself from "the other whites." Now is the time for you to use your privilege to challenge the racism and hatred that pervades your communities. Your grandma's racism doesn't effect you but it effects us POC. We cannot afford your silence when some of your community's ideals are killing us.
Sincerely,
your Brown friend
Submitted by Anonymous
Stop making fun of my ethnicity every time I eat anything spicy. And stop making horrible horrible racist impressions of Mexicans, then going on to tell me how you aren't racist and what I can and can’t be offended by.
Sincerely, your Mexican friend
Submitted by @thekidnapvan
Do not EVER tell me that I should identify as white since I'm mixed. I'm mixed, and because of my father, I have brown skin. I am not, nor will I ever be white. I’m not looking for a ticket into the white club. I am biracial. I am brown. I am PROUD.
Sincerely,
Your Mixed Friend
Submitted by Anonymous
Please stop with the whole "omg white people are so horrible we should all just die" bullshit. It doesn't help and it just sounds like you're trying to get people to feel sorry for you. That, or you're trying to get some kind of points for being Not Racist. Whatever it is, it doesn't do anything but sound fake edgy.
Submitted by Anonymous
No, I am not Mexican. Not every Hispanic looks Mexican. And yes, there are differences between a Mexican, Peruvian, and Puerto Rican. Don't tell me that it 'doesn't matter because they are basically the same anyways'. Don't say that because it will make you feel better about your mistake. You're not funny. Don't assume. Cuz if you do, you just sound stupid and racist.
Sincerely,
A pissed off Peruvian woman
Submitted by Anonymous
Don't you dare tell me that your stereotypical "Indian Savage" costume is honoring my people. You are not honoring us by perpetuating stereotypes. You are making a mockery of us. We are not costumes, stop treating us like we are. It's not honoring, it's racist.
Sincerely,
Your Choctaw Friend
Submitted by @nativebimoved
Just stfu for once when people are talking about minority issues. You can't be an expert on what you haven't experienced over people who have experienced it.
Submitted by Anonymous
I'm really not here to comfort you about our current political climate. I get it, you want me to know that you're down and whatnot, but I really can't help you. I'm just as scared as you are and I really hate talking about politics all the time.
Sincerely,
A mildly annoyed black teenager
Submitted by Anonymous
I'm not sure if I'm broaching this right (or "appropriately", whatever), but something needs to be said about those of you who look the other way from your White students who feel like they can use the N word (or any slur, really) because they have (friends; acquaintances; family) who are Black/POCs. Dead ass. You're doing students of color a huge disservice by letting those who do this get away w/ it, just saying. Step tf up and defend us😒
Submitted by @ssi-fujo
It is not mine, nor any other person of color’s job to make you comfortable. This is especially true when we're discussing issues of race and white privilege. Learning of the structural and systematic issues we maneuver thru on a day to day basis SHOULD make you uncomfortable.
Thanks.
Submitted by @jgotjuice27
Stop calling women of color misogynists just because they may not believe in your white feminism bullshit. Stop forgetting that you, a white woman, oppress men of color with your racism just as men of color oppress you with their sexism. Stop forgetting that women of color have to deal with sexism AND racism. -
Sincerely,
Woman of color who's really tired of white feminists
Submitted by Anonymous
It is not okay to wear bindis because you think they're pretty. That is cultural appropriation and it's not okay.
Sincerely,
Your Indian Friend
Submitted by Anonymous
