Kim Crayton [She/Her]
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“The thing that was given to me by the universe was the chance to question it, and that is my divine duty.” Leonardo da Vinci https://linktr.ee/TheFutureIsFREE
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This may be uncomfortable to hear, but it’s essential to say clearly…there is no such thing as a “non-racist” white person.

Whiteness itself is not just a neutral identity.

It’s a social construct built historically in opposition to Blackness.
Why Whiteness Is Inseparable From Racism
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cycle of violence disguised as virtue will continue.

#BeyondMediocre #MythOfWhiteMaleSupremacy #MediocreMen #MythOfWhiteness #PowerAndPrivilege #AccountabilityMatters #DecenterWhiteness #Antiracism #ProfitWithoutOppression #KimCrayton
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It’s how the myth of white male supremacy sustains itself, through the celebration of harm as history, and the erasure of those who suffer under it as collateral damage.

Until we dismantle that myth and stop mistaking peace prizes for PR campaigns then this...
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then of course you’ll convince yourself you’re the protagonist in every story…even the ones written in blood.

This isn’t irony.

It’s the design.
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That is the dangerous legacy of mediocrity:

a culture that confuses arrogance for vision,
cruelty for conviction,
and violence for peace.

And when you grow up believing that your harm will always be framed as “necessary,” “strategic,” or “heroic,”
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When “greatness” is defined not by collective wellbeing or accountability, but by domination and myth-making.

When white men can wage war, literally and figuratively, and still be seen as benevolent leaders.
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The height of the myth of white, mediocre male supremacy is believing, with your full chest, that you deserved a Nobel PEACE Prize while actively ticking off an enemies list.

This is what happens when power, privilege, and ego go unchecked.
The Myth of Peace in a Culture Built on Harm
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Thanks for sharing...I'll be adding this to Saturday's Facilitated Conversations with Kim Crayton - Mediocre discussion ✊🏾
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#Mediocre #MythOfWhiteMaleSupremacy #Accountability #MediaResponsibility #AntiRacism #WhitePrivilege #SystemicRacism #DoBetter #PowerAndPrivilege #CulturalAccountability #GoodWhiteFolx #Reckoning #WhitenessAtWork #ProfitWithoutOppression #KimCrayton
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I care about those who’ve been screaming the truth for decades…ignored, dismissed, and gaslit while you built empires on their labor and ideas.

White male mediocrity is not insight.

Your realization is not bravery.

And it’s still rooted in the same violence that got us here.
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while everyone else has to clean up the mess.

I’m done with it.

I don’t care about your regret.

I care about the people who never had the luxury of pretending they didn’t know better.
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and your delusional self-reflection as if it’s newsworthy,

as if you are the story worth telling.

This is not new.

It’s the same cycle we’ve been trapped in for generations.

White men fuck around, cause global harm, and then get handed a microphone to “process” it in public,
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You chose arrogance because it was profitable.

You chose the myth of white male supremacy because it required nothing from you but the maintenance of your own mediocrity.

And yet, somehow, the media continues to center your feelings,

your “change of heart,”
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and now want to regret their choices because “this is not what I voted for.”

Yes, it is.

This is exactly what you voted for.

You had access to data, research, staff, and information that most people will never have.

You chose strategic ignorance because it was comfortable.
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I am so sick of public discourse defaulting to the opinions of uninformed, mediocre, unremarkable white dudes with platforms.

I don’t give a fuck about these “manosphere” weaklings or the political commentators who spent years championing white supremacist talking points...
I Don’t Care About Your Regret
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#AntiRacism #WorkplaceEquity #WhiteSupremacyCulture #PlatformAccountability #RacialEquity #DigitalSpaces #Professionalism #BlackWomenAtWork #EquityInAction #TechAccountability #BiasInTech #SystemicRacism #JusticeOverComfort #ProfitWithoutOppression #KimCrayton
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What’s framed as a “professional network” is often just an online extension of our worst professional realities…white supremacy and anti-Blackness, coded to scale.
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When “professionalism” is defined through the lens of whiteness, it becomes a tool for control, a way to make sure discomfort only flows in one direction.

This is not just tone-policing.

It enforces “community standards” that silence us while platforming white fragility and professional violence.
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It’s a reminder that we’re still expected to be grateful for access to a table built on our exclusion.

My being a Black woman directly impacts how I show up and how I’m treated in professional spaces, including this one.
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It rewards conformity and punishes truth-telling. From algorithmic manipulation that suppresses Black voices, to arbitrary reports of TOS violations when we speak truthfully, to the patronizing comments from white people who imply we should be “grateful to be here.”
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One that’s been coded, scaled, and branded as “connection.”

LinkedIn replicates the same dynamics we face in workplaces offline.
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LinkedIn’s rules and leadership messaging constantly push us to keep it professional but what they really mean is assimilate and stay silent about how the myth of white supremacy shapes professional outcomes.

For many, LinkedIn is just another toxic workplace.
LinkedIn: The Corporate Plantation Gone Digital
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Awareness is not absolution.

Action, consistent, accountable, antiracist action, is the only path to integrity.

#Mediocre #FacilitatedConversations #Antiracism #Whiteness #MythOfWhiteSupremacy #ProfitWithoutOppression #Accountability #GoodWhitePeople #KimCrayton
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So when I ask, how do you feel knowing that whiteness requires your complicity, I’m really asking…what are you willing to do now that you know?

Because you can’t opt out of the system, but you can refuse to perform your role in maintaining it.

Discomfort is not harm.
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Whiteness was built to function without your consent.

It’s the operating system you were born into.

One that rewards compliance and punishes disruption.

It scripts your behavior, shapes your institutions, and trains you to see its outcomes as “normal.”
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That racism requires malice.

That complicity requires a choice.

But whiteness doesn’t need your active participation to thrive.
It only needs your silence.

Your comfort.

Your faith that being “a white good person” and not like them, is enough.