#imstillherequote

Wed, April 28, 2021 "Just the 'Nice White People' chapter in #imstillhere is worth the price of the book, y'all." - Rachel Held Evans, @racheldevans

"'When you believe niceness disproves the presence of racism, it's easy to start believing bigotry is rare, and that the label racist should be applied only to mean-spirited, intentional acts of discrimination. The problem with this framework—besides being a gross misunderstanding of how racism operates in systems and structures enabled by nice people—is that it obligates me to be nice and return, rather than truthful. I am expected to come closer to the racist. Be nicer to them. Coddle them.'" - Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here

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