About
Nice White Ladies is dedicated to bringing white folks up to speed on the racial justice conversation. White people don't often speak about race, and for many of them even saying the word "white" feels racist. White folks are behind the curve and in many cases don't even have the language to understand the conversation around racial justice.
Nice White Ladies aims to cure Nice White Lady Syndrome. Many of our members are new to social justice and activism since the 2016 US election, and have walked into a climate of social engagement that they were not prepared for. We offer a space to ask newbie white questions, work out white guilt, and learn how to put our "Nice Lady" impulses to work so that we are supporting the larger movement, rather than getting in the way.
Women will know they have made a political commitment to eliminating racism when they help change the direction of feminist movement, when they work to unlearn racist socialization prior to assuming positions of leadership or shaping theory or making contact with women of color so that they will not perpetuate and maintain racial oppression or, unconsciousÂly or consciously, abuse and hurt non-white women. These are the truly radical gestures that create a foundation for the expeÂrience of political solidarity between white women and women of color.