AOC Warns 'Perfectly Normal, Good People Are Capable of Aiding Racism & White Supremacy'

There is a difference between white supremacists & white supremacy.

White supremacy is like a virus.

Supremacists are those who have been completely overcome by the disease, but supremacy - the virus - exists on a larger scale beyond just the infected. It also lays dormant.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 8, 2019

Healing ourselves of white supremacy will be hard. It will be hard because it requires us to confront *ourselves.*

We wish it was as simple as denouncing a white hood, a burnt cross, vile language. But we need to address where supremacy *begins,* not just where it ends.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 8, 2019

Recognizing white supremacy in ourselves - our institutions, our subconscious, our own past remarks or acts (no matter how consciously unintentional), is what makes the healing work ahead challenging.

But it is not impossible,and confronting it is the only way to move forward.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 8, 2019

But it is incredibly important that we recognize that perfectly normal, good people are capable of aiding racism & white supremacy.

Recognizing that is not about pillorying people. It’s about learning to recognize *the virus* & end an oppressive system designed to hurt us *all.*

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 8, 2019