Interrogating Our Whiteness is a Transformative Act

The text on this poster is both a reminder and a prompt. Making it visible in domestic and institutional spaces is meant to spark difficult and necessary conversations about what it means to be white.

We whites have a hard time talking about our whiteness. We don't see ourselves in racial terms. Even today, in the midst of the largest civil rights activism since the peak of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, whites remain largely indifferent and unmoved by what is arguably the most complex and nuanced social dilemma in the entirety of our nation's history. That said, in our lives, we've also never witnessed the current level and amount of dialogue happening around racism, white supremacy, white privilege, white fragility, black lives matter, toxic masculinity, and murders at the hands of our police.

Personally, I've never observed so many of my white friends and family talking about racism and racial injustice.As we look for ways to level the playing field in our systems and institutions, I think it's necessary to pair that fast activist energy with a slower self-reflection. When it comes to our deeply rooted internalized racism: What's in our hearts? Our bellies? Our bones? What does it mean to be white today? How did whites fail us in the past? How do we whites fail in the present? What are we failing to see, to accept, to feel, to respond to?

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Buying a Print Also Supports Race Equity Education. 100% of the poster proceeds go directly to two incredible organizations: Education for Racial Equity and Raising Race-Conscious Children

NOTE: I'm not affiliated with either of these organizations but I am grateful for their work and looking for ways to support them.