BLACK LIVES MATTER

Whiteness

White privilege

Whiteness decides if it’s bad for blacks

Whiteness tells our stories

Whiteness downplays our stories

Whiteness don’t know our stories

Whiteness don’t know how it feels

Empathy is misguided

Empathy now used as a tool

Empathy now becoming paternalistic

Empathy now becoming degrading

Whiteness becoming whitesplaining

Just listen is all we ask

Just see it is all we ask

Just acknowledge is all we ask

Just believe is all we ask

And just know that we know what we need

And we know our stories and truths