de·ka·
ren·i·za·tion
/dēˌkəˈren nəˈzāSH(ə)n/
noun
The action or process of a state of awareness to
one’s whiteness, privilege and false narratives lived; the state of leaving behind ancestral assumptions harmful to humanity.
The process of deepeining
one’s capacity to listen, see and acknowledge the
truth regarding the atrocities of their ancestors,
Holding
space for oneself during the dekarenization process as responsibility is taken for their hegemonic inheritance.
verb
To become dekarenized through daily acts of reflection; to
free oneself from a dominant hegomonic mindset, to be sober-minded and see others as human beings worthy of dignity and respect.
To
lean into white fragility as a roadmap towards dekarenization; commit to becoming uncomfortable as
one learns from counter-narratives;
To stop lording power over those of a different ethnicity, debunk the social construct of race making them superior; to stop weaponizing whiteness against persons of color.
To refrain from taking up
space, operating from entitlement, and attending cousneling sessions to address the unhealed parts that causes colorblindness and the instinct to coopt and colonize.
The white woman who attempted to have a Black woman falsely arrested began the dekarenization
phase when she realized her behavior was
rooted in the
white supremacist ideology held by the Klu Klux Klan.
