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CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER WHITE PERSON, Part 3: Metabolizing

Dear White Supremacy, or rather,  Folx who struggle with white supremacy with me,  Whew! This was a tall cup of tea.   I hope it's not so bitter as to keep you from drinking it with me. This week, we're looking at metabolizing pain caused by WS. - Tara **************** This week's list of offerings: 1.  Stark Absence of Information 2.  I am more Valuable to Me than I am to You 3.  Wordless Pain 4.  Positive Pencil Marks 5.  Hurdles of Self Loathing 6. I Am My Body 7.  It Is Love 8.  Be in Relationship With Me 9.  Never Taught to Give an Apology 10.  A Better World for Me ************** STARK ABSENCE OF INFORMATION My own self-knowledgement has still only been acquired in the places/relationships where  white supremacy  did not hold sway.   The only relationships in which I could personally develop were the relationships where I could learn about myself in ways were contradictory to  white supremacy .  The relationships in my life that concurred with  white supremacist  id