This is why it is exhausting. It's a million waves with all the strength of the ocean crashing on a a stubborn cliff over and over and over, and maybe a few grains of sand are worn away. It can't all be on marginalized people; the majority has to want to learn. And they have demonstrated repeatedly that they don't want to. People tone police and expect others to quietly accept generations of being ignored and repressed and shat on. MLK didn't shout and guess where that got him? It doesn't matter what marginalized people do; they will always be "complaining" or "whining" or "shouting".

If I step on your foot and you say "ow that hurts", is that an invitation for me to debate you on how much it hurts? You don't REALLY hurt I didn't step on you THAT hard. No. You expect me to move, apologize, and watch where I'm going next time.

Do you really think that a student who dressed up as a soldier with awards and honors and gets sloppy drunk and posts pictures on facebook wouldn't be criticized? I'm sure people would be all up in arms because it's disrespectful as hell. If someone says hey it's really shitty that you're wearing my religious symbols as your costume, why the hell do people think it's ok to say "no dude I'm honoring you" when clearly that person isn't feeling honored at all? Additionally, a lot of times I see girls wearing sexualized native woman costumes which is extra gross because native women face a higher rate of sexual assault than other women.

I just pulled this white girl in dreads off of pinterest. She's being celebrated and treated as an aesthetic and an image to recreate while shit like this happens to black people