I kinda wish that people understood that if you reblog from racists, if you kick it with racists, you will be presumed to be… A racist. No matter what you think you believe, it’s your actions that count, and if what people are seeing is that you’re potentially a racist, they’re not usually going to “get to the bottom of it” to know your thoughts. It’s not safe enough to do that. So when you’re told about someone’s behavior… Know that your actions reflect on you.
Like y'all know that if people were being flagrantly homophobic, and your peers were sharing that homophobia, you wouldn’t feel nearly as safe approaching those peers about those topics. You wouldn’t think “oh yeah they might hate gay people, but at least their economic opinions are sound”. You would wonder “damn, do they feel that way about me? Will they dismiss my concerns? Am I safe in this world they envision?” So why then do y'all think that people of color are supposed to surmise that you don’t believe those racist ideas if it’s not a deal breaker?