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  • Let me tell you what it feels like to stand in front of a white man and explain privilege to him. It hurts. It makes you tired. Sometimes it makes you want to cry. Sometimes it is exhilarating. Every single time it is hard. Every single time I get angry that I have to do this, that this is my job, that this shouldn’t be my job. Every single time I am proud of myself that I’ve been able to say these things because I used to not be able to and because some days I just don’t want to.

    This all has been said by many many strong women of color before me but every time, every single time these levels of power are confronted it I think it needs to be written about, talked about, gone through over and over again.

      —Manissa McCleave Maharawal from So Real, It Hurts: Notes on Occupy Wall Street.

    Posted on October 4, 2011 with 68 notes

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      This for why when folk say PoC are “playing the race card” need to STFU and STFD. It’s not a game. It’s not fun. This is...
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