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Throwback Thursday: The Black Person's Guide to Making White People Feel Safe

Are your white brothers and sisters feeling unsafe? Here's the solution.

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Michael Harriot
Aug 14, 2025
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This post originally appeared in NegusWhoRead on November 2, 2016.

As this country transforms itself into the land of opportunity we like to call “post-racial America,” there are still Black people who—for some reason—insist on acting “Black.”

Apparently, this is wrong.

I am often scolded for talking about race or even saying the w…

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