May 25, 2021
For white folks, the best place to look for racism is in our own implicit biases (1). Projection is too easy. Introspection is the task at hand. These biases, left un-examined, can undermine allyship. Don't believe me? Consider the Black criticisms of performative allyship, such as Dr. King's letter from a Birmingham jail.(2)
(1) https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
(2) https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html