“Whiteness” is clearly a problem. But it started way before 1619, as I’m certain you know.
Here’s a piece I wrote on the topic -
I don’t know the best way to personally transcend whiteness, but I’m absolutely willing to try. Just because I didn’t actually write the racist, sexist, domination oriented laws of our current country, it doesn’t let me off the hook. I have clear privilege, and with it comes the responsibility to change shit.
This is part of what drives my writing. The desire to be a change agent.
Amazing research in this piece. Horrific tales. It’s got to stop!