Aware of the problem, I sought to learn.
I learned enough to
think the right way (on certain issues),
buy the right books (but not necessarily read them),
not flaunt my privilege (or so I thought).
But have I allowed the injustice to change me?
Have I changed how I spend my time,
where I spend my money,
who I listen to,
what I think about?
Concerned with doing the wrong thing,
I do nothing.
Comfortable in my white privilege,
I drop the cause when it becomes inconvenient.
I stopped working to change the
one person I can change: me.
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