#being white

thegirlwhocriedcow:

& the thing to understand

while being white

is not that

whiteness is evil,

as guilt and the devil

would whisper to us.

its also not that whiteness

is superior,

as skinheads and the devil

would shout at us.

the thing to understand –

that somehow slippery concept –

is that being white

is just

not the only experience.

it is, however,

the only experience

we’ll ever understand,

if we’re too afraid to listen.