Letting go of whiteness
means letting go our identity
Maybe not all of who we are
Just the ground on which we stand
We might have to experience
being groundless for a while
Until we see and feel
Who we really are underneath
all that default whiteness
After all this identifying as white
is in our cells
Is in the air we breathe
from the time we’re born
Hell – even before that!
So it’s going to take
a kind of rebirth
Not simply a relearning
It won’t be easy going
It will require effort and
supporting one another
to remove this cloak of whiteness
and reveal who we truly are
Hoping all the while
that we can love what we find underneath.
I love this, Carol! Looking forward to sharing it. thank you for writing this.
Love,
Elissa