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When emotional labor becomes a burden in cross-racial friendships

My white friends keep asking me to explain racism to them but get defensive when I actually tell them how their behavior affects me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The expectation to educate while absorbing rejection reveals how even well-meaning relationships can perpetuate harm.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with MLK and civil disobedience philosophy?”

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