Becoming a true ally of the Black fight for social justice means that white folk abide by a credo that complements the one that has served Black folk well: know your white folk. In this instance, white folk must know their Black folk. They must know the kinds of Black folk with whom they get along, who push and challenge them, who insist that they do their best, who offer them tough love and straight talk, who get squarely in the face of their white comfort and unmask its pretensions to solidarity even as it holds to unspoken privileges, unacknowledged biases, and unearned reassurances.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, Long Time Coming, p. 206-207
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