The Toxicity of Inflicting Whataboutisms When Discussing Racism

Why using this strategy to deflect from Black trauma says more about you than you know

Jeanette C. Espinoza
Momentum
Published in
5 min readFeb 10, 2021

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Standing up against racism is not for the faint of heart.

It requires extremely thick skin. It requires the ability to purge hateful rhetoric from your brain to function normally in your…

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Jeanette C. Espinoza
Momentum

Mom of 2 amazing humans | Author of 3 books, including Rock Your Crown - Amazon.com| Speaker | Activist | Creator of Jeanette’s Jewels www.jeanettecespinoza.com