Thoughts about white guilt:
I am not white but I am sure that I have felt the guilt and shame that comes with facing one's privilege. I have also seen the guilt exhibited by white people about privilege and police brutality. Sitting with the discomfort will be a crucial action to take as it leads to space being created for listening.
I'm on the aware stage of allyship. I would like to move to the active stage especially in my practice as an educator. I am a PoC who teaches English which is a language that comes with its own baggage of colonialism and racism. I would also like to be more active in listening and using my privilege to create space for people to speak and learn.
I am not white either, but I have also felt the guilt of my privilege. The discomfort still sometimes leads me not to listen fully as I should.
Yes! I also feel like the guilt then gives a tendency to respond with the intention of fixing or proving something. when we should be listening and sitting with our discomfort.
Engaging with others: I feel I am little more confident with engaging with others on these topics. I may not be fully confident but I am okay with failing. I want to try.