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White Friends, You Can't Be Woke and Silent
In my travels around this country, both in person and online, I meet lots of white people who fancy themselves woke.
They feel this way because they're now aware (perhaps for the first time) of the brutality of our Government, and just how infected with bigotry and supremacy it is.
They're starting to become aware of the unearned privilege of their pigmentation; the countless advantages they've had, simply by showing up and being white.
They're beginning to listen to the stories of oppressed and vulnerable people, and in doing so are coming to terms with the systemic brokenness that they have…
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