Whiteness refers to the foundation of racial categorization and racism - a social construction of privileges and power given to people who are perceived to be white.

When we refer to white supremacy in the context of racial justice, we are referring to the overarching system of political, legal, economic, and cultural institutions that structure Western society - institutions which privilege and standardize whiteness above all else.

Due to the fact that white people are often shielded from race-based stress, 'white fragility' refers to the intense reaction that oftentimes occurs when racism or white supremacy are brought up as factors to white people.

White people don’t have to represent all white people, and nothing that white people do is judged as a credit to the entire racial group or as confirmation of its shortcomings or inferiority.

The model minority myth refers to the idea that systemic racism does not exist, or that it no longer exists due to examples of racialized people who are 'doing fine'.

Acknowledging that as white people we live on stolen Indigenous land is critical, but this work must go beyond simple recognition and towards Indigenous sovereignty over land and individual nations. Further, work must be done to give back the land.