Note to lib trolls: Read this and tell us she’s not racist against white people.
Dear Angry White People, The Ferguson Protest Was Not About You – Huffington Post
[S]ome of you decided to rage and whine on the Black Lives Matter protest Facebook group about how this was segregation, and how your life matters too, and how we should screw ourselves if we don’t want to include you. Well said, angry white people. But in case you haven’t realized, everything in the world is already about you.
I’m sorry, but what are the substantial proportions of white people being shot by cops getting away with it right now? How many of you were lynched in the Antebellum South? Are your people being racially profiled at a rate of 3.4 times its population in Toronto? Hence, the hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter.
Towards the end of the protest, you were asked nicely to move. A small act of kindness to let your fellow black protesters get a glance at the center (where many of couldn’t see due to the large turnout). Some of us needed to see that center after such an emotionally charged day. After all, you had been standing there for 1 out of the 1.5 hour protest. I sincerely thank those who moved. Where I was located, as well as a few other spots, barely any white people budged. If you’re having trouble with that, you either disliked having a black person tell you what to do, or you are so full of your white privilege that you didn’t feel you needed to move. After all, you got there first, right?
When we asked the person beside us if we could touch their shoulder to show solidarity, that we have each other’s backs, a white woman beside me (who also refused to move) hissed “don’t touch me” at the young black girl beside her when she asked. If you don’t like being touched, then why are you in a shoulder-to-shoulder protest about solidarity? To feel better about yourself? Don’t chant about “no justice, no peace,” when you’re very presence is why we have neither.
Listen, angry white people. We welcome you to be an ally — we need you to be an ally. But you need to check your righteous privilege (if you know what that is, since you’re so comfortable in it) at the door. Black people don’t ask for much — we just ask that you recognize the multiple injustices done to us over time.