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But What Can I Do? Tips #36-40

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But What Can I Do? Tips #36-40

#ButWhatCanIDo? Tip #36 We can be a little kinder to each other. Now this works as a tip and life lesson in general and the world would be a better place if most of us adhered to it, but specifically here i am thinking about white people on the journey away from racism to other white people on the same journey. 'When we forget that before us is first a person and then an opinion [...]

By brettfish|2018-10-01T12:25:49+02:00September 20th, 2018|#NotOnOurWatch, activities, race vibes, South Africa|5 Comments

If you think you’re ‘woke’ you’re not.

race vibes, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people

If you think you’re ‘woke’ you’re not.

i can't stand the term 'woke'. But i get the meaning behind it and sometimes we need to use words we don't like, simply because that's is how the majority of people will understand what we're talking about. But anytime i ever use the word 'woke' [which is really hardly ever if i can help it] i give it a huge disclaimer [something along the lines of "i hate this word"] and always use the [...]

By brettfish|2017-04-19T10:20:04+02:00April 19th, 2017|race vibes, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|1 Comment