The logic of white supremacy is that a person of color can only legitimately claim racial injustice in the event that they are prefect. Completely beyond reproach. This logic says that a person with faults had better keep their mouths shut about whatever injustice they have suffered, because if not mainstream society will dig and dig until they discover those faults, reveal them to the world, and use them to justify any and all mistreatment. In the eyes of white supremacy this is the first responsibility of the media. It is asked of every person hoping to be thought of as reasonable and nonpartisan, because siding with imperfect people of color means refusing to acknowledge all of the these they could have done to deserve their lot. "Wait," white supremacy says, "wait to speak out until no one can say it's your fault. Wait until you aren't on welfare, wait until you don't pray facing Mecca, wait until you aren't an ex-convict, wait until you've never had an abortion, wait until you don't drink or smoke pot, wait until you don't like gangster rap, wait until you aren't a single mother, wait until you have the right documents, wait until you love the right person. Wait until you aren't wearing your hoodie the wrong way." But waiting to be perfect means waiting forever, and that is precisely the point. Because in the logic of white supremacy, the only truly unforgivable sin is being a person of color to begin with.
