This has been a lot, I
know. All of this just scratched the surface of antiracism. You are probably
overwhelmed, and feeling a lot of emotions about it. It’s been a long month.
This is good. Just sit and live with those feelings for a while.
Now is the time for quiet
reflection and beginning to look inward into your own life and thoughts to see
where you now stand on antiracism. Reread this all from the start, and see it
with opened eyes.
Once you have worked
through your feelings, you can begin the other work. Read the books, educate
yourself. And above all, humble yourself. You can beat yourself up for not
coming around sooner, or you can just get going.
Other things you can
start doing: Voting like Black lives matter, supporting Black-owned businesses,
showing up to protests. And most importantly: talking to other white people
about all of this. This is our job, and we can get it done if enough of us want
it to get done. Are you one of us?
