12 things white people can do now because Ferguson

Honestly I hate sanctimonious tracts that read like the author expects the audience to have zero familiarity or experience with common decency and avoiding being an outright asshole. I reject and ignore most pieces on white privilege because of the preachy and holier-than-thou tone.

Just because someone is white doesn’t automatically mean they are a totally self absorbed asshole who is completely ignorant of the world outside their own little sphere.

This is a little preachy and more than a little acting like white people won’t figure out these super obvious concepts without it being explained to them in no small detail.

What they are saying is right on. I just wish somebody could figure out a way to say all of this that doesn’t read like an instruction manual for people who are expected to be ignorant, thoughtless, dipshits.