Questions on MLK Day
As a white writer, what do I do on MLK Day?
Do I post a quote?
Do I not?
Am I being fake if I talk about race today but not every day?
If I don’t talk about MLK today, what does that say about me?
But is this about me? Rhetorical question there.
Is it ok to talk about race with a lot of other white middle class women?
Is this what we are ‘supposed’ to do?
What are we ‘supposed’ to do?
How are we to get out of the place we are currently in in this country if we can’t talk about race?
But how do we talk about it if we are always afraid we are doing it ‘wrong’?
Is there a ‘wrong’ and ‘right’ way to talk about race?
Is this a day to sit on the sidelines or jump in to the game?
Is today any different than any other day?