Thinking About “Who We Are”

Sorry, but it’s not who we think we are

Hello friends,

Whenever an incident of racism happens, aside from the almost inevitable victim blaming and shaming, one of the phrases I often hear (mostly from white people) is “this isn’t who we are”. Sorry, but the evidence just doesn’t support that view, and I have questions for the white people who say it, such as:

• Are you or are you not descended f…