Ask Tré: How should I address racism from white peers?
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Ask Tré: How should I address racism from white peers?
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The author responds to a student-submitted question: "I'm a white student on campus who wants to know how I should address my white friends and peers if they are being racist. Thanks for the advice". The author speaks of the unfair burden that the white student is putting on the student of color to "teach" the student for their benefit.
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Tre Stephens
Publisher
The Campus
Date
10/01/2020
Contributor
Tre Stephens
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"By asking me this question, you are putting the responsibility of learning how to not be racist back on the oppressed. Go pick up a book and learn something, do your research. It should not be my burden to teach you.”
"Our student body is 62% white and 4% Black/African American. BIPOC students are tired. If you are not calling your friends out when they are spewing hate at your classmates, then you too become part of the problem because of your compliance in an environment that degrades other human beings."
"Our student body is 62% white and 4% Black/African American. BIPOC students are tired. If you are not calling your friends out when they are spewing hate at your classmates, then you too become part of the problem because of your compliance in an environment that degrades other human beings."
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Tre Stephens , “Ask Tré: How should I address racism from white peers?,” Archives of Anti-Racist Activism, accessed October 27, 2026, https://twilightprojectantiracistrecords.middcreate.net/items/show/714.