Summary

Saad writes that the third week of the program focuses on ‘allyship.’ Saad clarifies that being an ally is not an identity, but rather it is a practice in which a person with white privilege continuously commits to undoing their own racist conditioning and contributes to antiracist movements. Day 15 covers ‘white apathy,’ which is the state in which people with white privilege choose indifference instead of attempting to actively pursue antiracism. White apathy arises from the desire to preserve one’s privilege and avoid the strain of having to face one’s own complicity in white supremacy. Saad explains how white fragility and ‘color blindness’ contribute to white apathy. Additionally, racism and racist stereotypes can push white people into apathy by convincing them that BIPOC ‘deserve’ oppression in some way. White apathy and white supremacy assert the false idea that antiracism will ultimately...