And this comment looks like it comes from a white person who thinks racial issues are above them and their "leftist" politics but are clearly showing some white fragility and felt the need to write a response. So you are either not a true leftist and are trolling to paint leftist thinking as fundamentally racist, or you are one of those gatekeeping type of white people who feel the need to center themselves as "good and leftist" in order to feel less like a colonizer.

I'm Black and I'm fairly public about my pro-Black, pro-Indigenous political views, so me writing about issues that affect me and my Black people directly is never performative. And as a Black person, I refuse to hear people like you insinuate that BIPOC writing about racism are responsible for the political divide.

If some right-winger wants to jump on this article and claim I said emojis are racist (which--surprise--they are. That's why the skin colors now exist), then allow them to engage here so I can at least get paid for the engagement.

Think of it as interest on my reparation payments.