A Long Overdue Truth About White Women

Let’s be real — many white women are not friends or allies to Black women. They never have been. That’s the truth, plain and simple. And as Maya Angelou once said: “When someone tells you who they are, believe them.” Black women, we must believe what white women keep showing us. On November 5, 53% of white women did what they’ve always done: voted for whiteness. I thought, foolishly, that the majority of white women might support Kamala Harris’s bid for the presidency. But no — they once again reminded us who they truly are.  So now Black women are being asked to show up on January 18 for another Women’s March to protest Donald Trump’s presidency. We’re supposed to stand shoulder to shoulder with white women and chant that we won’t go back.  Here’s a suggestion: Just say no.  Tell any white woman who asks you if you’re going that she should protest with her white sisters and mothers and cousins and aunties. She should convince them not to “go back” because 53% of them seem just fine with doing so.  RELATED: Reproductive Rights Advocates Tell What Trump 2.0 Means for Black Women  And Black women already did the...