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When white organizing partners disagree on how to follow BIPOC leadership

My organizing partner and I have been doing racial justice work together for two years and we're both white and we keep getting feedback from BIPOC organizers that we need to step back more but we interpret that feedback differently and I think it's affecting how we work together.

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Well-intentioned allies can fracture over different interpretations of accountability, revealing how racial dynamics complicate even shared commitments to justice.

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