queenfattyoftherollpalace:

If children of color have to be aware of the realities of racism, white children should too.

I’m tired of hearing that white children are too young to understand the consequence of their words or actions when for nonwhite kids they live with the impact of racism every day 

Man I ranted about this on my page the other day.  I was taught that black is beautiful, and that everyone is different and to respect them and their differences.  Then suddenly it’s like, “By the way, there’s this thing called racism.”  So it’s literally this disjointed moment of, “I’m beautiful, but other people may think that I’m not, and hate me, and harass me, but even so I should respect people even if they may not respect me.”  You have to be mature enough to love everyone while knowing that not everyone will love you.  

This is why I get so heated about this.  Like this is a message I was taught at a young age, why isn’t everyone being taught this?