12. What is one thing you'd wish people would understand?

Reverse Racism (or Racism Against White People) isn't real.

It's just not.

Shut up.

• What is ‘reverse racism’ – and what’s wrong with the term?
• Dear White People, Please Stop Pretending Reverse Racism Is Real
• Myth of Reverse Racism

I also stumbled upon this years ago, and it came to mind:

-ism = prejudice + power

There's an entire website dedicated to this, and the concept has been around since the 70s.

I've received a comment stating that I did have power, since I am able to use my voice. A sweet sentiment– and I did appreciated it– but c'mon now. That isn't the power I'm talking about. We are talking about institutionalized power. The systematic power. The kind that gets laws/rules written and enforced by the overculture.

Fuck knows I'm no expert, and we know it isn't that tidy probably. When you really get into Critical Race Theory, there are all sorts of nuances that can't be reduced to this simple equation. This shit gets complicated.

But my point stands. Consider this a starting point.

So cut it out and get to work.