As a white woman in America, it’s second nature for me to center myself in the discourse, but also to vanish from it when it’s convenient. So permit me, please, to make this work of undoing my complicity in white supremacy in the name of racial justice all about me, you and literally everybody else. Work is chores, and chores get done. Mopping the floor, watching “The Help,” getting a root canal; those are chores that thankfully all come to an end. When you’re white, understanding racism and anti-blackness is not a root canal, it’s not a one-time-only, pay-your-money, drill-the-rot-out-and-get-through-it type of experience.

Source: New York Times June 19, 2020 22:52 UTC