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I’m a Black Feminist. I Think Call-Out Culture Is Toxic
- DeportThemAll 7y agoLet's start by stopping to insult people based on their skin color for some unproven and unscientific 'white privilege'. "I rarely questioned whether the way I addressed their white privilege was actually counterproductive. They barely understood what it meant to be white women in the system of white supremacy." Of course it's counterproductive to address something that doesn't exist. "In 2017, as a college professor in Massachusetts, I accidentally misgendered a student of mine during a lecture. I froze in shame, expecting to be blasted. Instead, my student said, “That’s all right; I misgender myself sometimes.” We need more of this kind of grace." No, we need more mental health support in the US for people like that.