This group of white vigilantes will fight your racist relatives on Facebook so you don’t have to

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This group of white vigilantes will fight your racist relatives on Facebook so you don’t have to

They call themselves ‘White Nonsense Roundup’

I believe there's still some good in this cuntry (I know what I said), and this group of white activists on Facebook who call themselves the "White Nonsense Roundup" might be it.

The page, which is operated by volunteers, use the social platforms (and their privilege) to educate other white people about racism and all that other bullshit people of color (POC) have to endure.

It takes the emotional labor off of their POC friends who are really fucking sick of arguing with Becky Roberts of Wheverthefuck, Ohio about everything from why reverse racism is bullshit to why the cornrows she wove into her three strand of hair are, in fact, cultural appropriation.

Here's how it works

Say you are a Person of Color writing online about black issues and a white person decides to spill their nonsense all over your feed. Whether blatant racism or ignorant and "well-intentioned," tag the page and a member will come to your aid.

The group also uses its page as a platform to promote the talents and businesses of Black Americans.

Babe spoke with an anonymous White Nonsense Roundup volunteer to find out what the group does in their day-to-day social media crime-fighting for the underrepresented.

'I was helping someone argue with their own family'

"The core team wanted to relieve people of color from having to do the never-ending emotional labor of educating white people about racism," they told us, explaining they want to leverage their privilege in those conversations to amplify the voices of People of Color instead.

On a weekly basis, volunteers take a 2-hour shift, spending the bulk of their time on Facebook answering questions and messages, and in some cases, checking a bitch about the idea of reverse-racism.

"I was helping someone argue with her family that her white sister, who was bullied by black students in her hair dresser school, wasn't facing 'reverse-racism,'" one user told us, adding that she assisted her in finding information on the topic after.

"Sometimes, we confront people who don't agree with us," she said.

This is what it's actually like in the group

When the group is tagged in a post by someone who needs help, volunteers often address the overuse of "I don't see color" and "we should just love each other." They've also gotten a number of racist pages deleted from Facebook by reporting or confronting them.

But in some cases, the group is faced with harder-hitting stuff like commenters perpetuating an "already-existing equality in America" (bish, where?), in addition to hardcore White Supremacy and KKK advocates.

Other White Nonesense Roundup volunteers spend time gathering and organizing resources to share on their page, and comment on the threads they generate.

But before you start foaming at the mouth, the group makes a constant effort to refrain from playing the part of captain save-a-hoe, explaining they son't want to co-opt or 'white savior' the situation.

"We receive a lot of thanks from the people we help who often times feel relieved," they said, "and that's something we count as success."

See, white privilege is something you can use for good instead of just wallowing in guilt and self-pity for possessing the privilege in the first place.

@aribines