Facebook Publication Date: 3/14/2018 14:03

From Slate Magazine. Let’s discuss the siren song of toxic niceness:

‘It doesn’t matter that they have been polite or friendly. We must be careful of mistaking politeness or friendliness for safety. One does not mean the other, especially for marginalized people. Nor is kindness, in and of itself, evidence of the presence of good. I’m sure there were people who would have gladly attended or even facilitated the lynching of my ancestors just as they would have politely brought a cherry pie to a neighbor. In this country ugliness and politeness are in no way incompatible.’

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