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To engage in the difficult, ongoing process of identifying and challenging racial bias, you must discover what makes that work personally meaningful to you.

Something in me already agreed to this. What did that version of me know that I can’t quite see in this moment?

privilege — a special right, advantage, or immunity granted to a person or group because of their identity

Panic scrambles our brain in all sorts of ways.

One of the ways racism manifests is that individualism is something afforded to White people and not to people of color.

Instead of looking for a role model… find people modeling the behaviors you want to emulate.

Bias is malleable: No one is irreparably racist

“Many White people, who, when asked, overwhelmingly say that their primary goal during interracial interactions is to be liked.”

We all want to think of ourselves as good people who don’t cause harm to others, so it can be difficult to admit that sometimes we do.

No skill is inherent in us; they are forged over time.

It’s a dog. I miss my dog. I loved my dog. I want a dog

I want to help White people learn to detect bias in the way that people of color do.

Many White people are in denial about the degree to which White supremacy still reigns in our society, attributing the reversal of racial progress to political forces, like the popularity of an unabashedly racist president or prime minister.