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If there is anything this week has opened the conversation to....it’s that it is NOT enough to not be racist. You MUST be anti racist. ⁣⁣
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“𝐁𝐮𝐭...𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫.”⁣⁣
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As humans, we were NOT created colorblind. We were created to see color. We were created as people of varying colors and there is BEAUTY in our shades of melanin. ⁣⁣
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I take pride in the shades of my family, I celebrate our individuality - and I want others to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate it too. As I look at my dad, my mom, my brothers, my sisters, my grandparent, my cousins...I feel an overwhelming amount of love and pride to be raised with this much variation infused into the tones of our skin. ⁣⁣
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When you say you are colorblind, you are minimizing the struggles that POC have had to face, you’re actively saying that you’re choosing to not recognize your own prejudices, and you’re saying that an integral part of WHO a person is...just doesn’t matter. Because YOU “don’t see it”.⁣⁣
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You have to see color in order to recognize that #blacklivesmatter⁣⁣
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You have to see color in order to #amplifymelanatedvoices⁣⁣
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It’s time to 𝘥𝘰 better. It’s time to 𝘣𝘦 better.⁣⁣
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“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦.” - @dctalkofficial
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