A Lottttta (young White) People Say Shit Like “I Don’t Feel Safe Confronting Racists” When Referring

A lottttta (young white) people say shit like “I don’t feel safe confronting racists” when referring to shit like, telling a coworker that their racist joke is inappropriate or intervening when a customer is screaming at a 17 yo Taco Bell employee. when what they actually mean is “i don’t want to feel uncomfortable ever” it doesn’t matter how much ethnically ambiguous podcast protagonist porn you read or cute disability infographics you reblog, you actually have to stand up for the people you claim to care about, otherwise that just makes you a clicktivist i’m sorry but you can change that.

yes it’s scary at first but it gets easier and you gotta do it because helping that other person is way more important than your temporary discomfort and I promise you the person being a dick also feels uncomfortable receiving pushback. we will probably never eliminate this shit from society but we can do our damnedest to shame assholes and entitled people in public spaces until they behave better.