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Out of nowhere this just got really Jesus-y, wtf.

If you happen to be part of the demographic that is labeled the picture of perfection, you face the pressure to reach for and maintain that standard & never ever break. If you’re part of the demographic that is labeled the opposite of the picture of perfection, you spend your entire life fighting the uphill battle of trying to become that picture, all while thinking that until you do so, you are not good enough

In curating a system that puts the characteristics of white, upper- and middle-class people at the center, while telling everyone else that this is the standard, everyone is harmed.

“White supremacy culture has taken our humanity away from us. Every single system that falls under the umbrella of white supremacy has confused us into believing that our humanity and our worth are conditional, and we’ve honestly fallen for it.”

White supremacy is a political, economic, and cultural system in which whites overwhelmingly control power and material resources, conscious and unconscious ideas of white superiority and entitlement are widespread, and relations of white dominance and non-white subordination are daily reenacted across a broad array of institutions and social settings.