Well-intentioned people make mistakes — lots of them.
Mistakes must be expected and being held accountable has to be expected as well. The points below outline some of the common behaviors that show up often in social justice conversations.
I want to be clear that we all participate in some of the following counterproductive acts. We are not all privileged or all oppressed.
We are complex people with complex identities that intersect in complexways. Therefore, we all show up in problematic ways with our privilege.