3 Uncomfortable Conversations White Women Need to Have With Each Other 

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#KarenCanWeTalk 

Dear T.R.I.B.E. Friends,

On Allies:

“The comrade is unlike the ally or the friend.  Whereas allies support each other at a distance, across the boundaries of their experiences of oppression, comrades are equalized by being on the same side of a struggle.”

Jacobin Magazine

After devoting the last 30 years of my life to working, studying, worshipping, laughing, crying, grieving and fellowshipping in the African American community, I find myself in a very interesting position. 

#CULTURALDECODING 101

To start, and with a great debt of thanks to #CodeswitchPodcast, Here are 4 versions of #whiteprivilege roles in women that keep us from being allies, and DEFINITELY rule out the comrade status:

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4 Versions of #whiteprivilege 

  1. Miss Anne- Slang for white woman from era of slavery and Jim Crow, who is aware of her whiteness and the status attached to it. Complicit with it. 

  2. Scarlett- Southern belle, A version of Miss Anne- with green curtains as a ballgown in a pinch

  3. Becky- Slang for white woman who is blissfully or willfully unaware of her whiteness but is complicit and guards her status

(Codeswitch say she may or may not be a #Valleygirl  lol)

  1. Karen-a woman, usually white- on the lookout for people of color and posting in Next Door about a “suspicious looking“ person. Demands to get into grocery store without a mask, polices nonwhite person’s (and other white person’s) behavior. Calls the police a lot.

Let’s be learners and healers and protectors of one another’s  children. Let’s usher in a safe tomorrow…

Sending love across the quantum field,

Dr. Jane

#allies #comrades #sisters #blacklivesmatter #culturaldecoding101

Jane Galloway

Integrative Recovery Coach/ Heart-Mind Counseling/Author/Jewelry Design/Futurist

https://Janegalloway.com
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