Anit Racist Response

 When I read Anti-Racist, I felt empowered. It made me think about who I want to be and who I am now. It made me think about who I became in the past years. This content is familiar to me because I took a class last spring about banned books and racism was a heavy topic we frequently talked about. We talked about it because the books that were banned were Black authors. People who were shut out in the past and are still trying to be silenced from people that are in this imaginary box where "the dominant culture" stays in. I feel like even though we have books like Anti-Racist it is still hard to be who you want to be in this world where there are stereotypical paths already created for different groups of people. Like people of color fighting themselves out of poverty before they even know what poverty is. I think this book is inspiring to people who are outside of this imaginary box. 

So I found a Tik Tok that was supposed to be a progressive commercial for anti-racism but its not. I feel like this is a fair representation of how our world is trying to make this world more inclusive. (Its not). A big part of why the world isn't doing enough to be anti-racist is because being anti-racist is more than just saying "I'm not racist" it means actively working to break down the systems, habits, and power structures that keep racism going. Like education, housing and healthcare, and criminal justice systems across the world still disproportionately disadvantage racial minorities. even when people recognize racism exists, they often don't tackle the deep structural issues. 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6W6QUyC/