The posts says:
Before you silence yourself to keep the peace, ask yourself, "what is the worse thing that can happen if I use my voice?" Usually, the answer is "this person may dislike me." That's it.
If you are silencing yourself for this reason, they already don't like you. They only like a fictional version of you.
Raise your voice.
This sounds like a great sentiment, but unfortunately, in the world we live in, there are a lot of real world consequences to speaking your mind, even when you are standing up for what is right.
We live in a messed up system where racist people say racist things and then claim that the other side is racist. For example, if a person is racist against whites, that is okay, because "whites are evil." In fact, some claim that you can't be racist against whites. But if you call them out on their racism, they call you a racist. How fucked up is that?
Racism is not okay no matter who you are racist against. Hate is not okay regardless of who you hate. Making broad generalizations about people and treating anyone with a similar appearance harshly is not okay.
It should not be an us vs. them thing. It should be about the principle of it.
And if you are labelled a racist, even if that is not true, you could lose your job, your friends, and be ostracized, even though they're the racists, not you.
But I suppose that is their tactics. They are bullies. They want you to fear speaking up, because they threaten to ruin your life if you do not accept their racism and hate.
So, there may be more consequences to speaking up, especially if you have a skin color they do not like (regardless of what skin color that may be).
These double standards need to stop. The hate needs to stop.
And you may need to speak up, even when there are consequences. Just be strategic about it.
