How to Unlearn White Supremacy Culture (WSC)

1.  I admit that white supremacy culture is an unconscious and oppressive force in my life.

2.  I believe that with presence, curiosity, and critical self-inquiry I can unlearn white supremacy culture.

3.  I decide to be discerning, courageous, accepting, and steadfast to interrogate the hold white supremacy culture has over me.

4.  I inventory how white supremacy culture shows up in my life and how I have replicated it with my (in)actions in my relationships.

5.  I admit that I have been complicit in upholding white supremacy culture and have chosen to perpetuate harm.

6.  I am ready to imagine new thoughts, feelings, actions, and behaviors that actively disrupt white supremacy culture in my life.

7.  I humbly engage in the process of unlearning white supremacy culture, understanding that it is cyclical, spiralic, and ongoing.

8.  I make a list of all those I have harmed directly or indirectly by my perpetuation of harmful practices that upheld white supremacy culture.

9.  I am willing to make direct amends and reparations to those I have harmed with white supremacy culture whenever possible.

10.  I continue to take personal inventory and, when white supremacy culture resurfaces, promptly admit it then engage more deeply in these processes.

11.  I experience the collective liberation from and abolition of white supremacy culture, and use my power and privilege to sustain that reality.

12.  I practice collective liberation and abolition in personal, interpersonal, organizational, and cultural areas of my life knowing that all will benefit from freedom from white supremacy culture.

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