Nobody Wants You to Apologize for Being White

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First of all, how basic is the statement I won’t apologize for being white? Who asked you to? Furthermore, what would that accomplish?

At the heart of that statement is an extremely elementary aka basic understanding of what white privilege means and an even more basic, or elementary, understanding of what is being asked for when BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and allies…