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The Internet is Hard.
Hard to figure out, hard to manage, hard to keep up. So hard!
And even though that is what she said, you NEED to master it. The Internet, that is.
You- and/or your clients - need to grow your business, get those clients, funnel those sales, sell more, do better, be awesome (because hi, you ARE awesome).
It’s mostly just me here.
I’m Sara, founder, developer, user experience consultant, debugger, quality assurance tester, snarky commentator, and chieftess of Snark Studios.
I work solo a lot of the time, but I also have copy experts, video mavens, talented designers, and back-end developers in my pocket (but not in an illegal-mobster way) to give you the best project experience possible (see? it’s legit).
![One of the words I use to describe myself and my brand is “impertinent.” I have this and a handful of other keywords written down in various places to help me like, remember “me” when I’m writing or creating something for public consumption, whether it’s a client product or personal. …which is just ONE reason it’s hard for me to write about serious topics. I’m NOT serious. I’m snarky! I’m the one who makes light of things, who is relied upon to drop well-timed humorous comments when things are tense. You got an awkward situation? I’m here for it. I GOT JOKES.
Except if there is ever a time to NOT be “characterized by insolent rudeness” it is definitely now. There’s nothing funny about racism. There’s nothing really to joke about - more specifically, there’s nothing for ME to joke about. Both because I am a [ridiculously] privileged white chick, and because making jokes about racism is part of the problem. ———————
I was listening to a podcast yesterday where the guest mentioned a book he’d read about recovery, which stressed this concept of “constant vigilance.” It takes constant vigilance for addicts to stick to recovery. It takes constant vigilance to monitor ourselves and use tools we know about to help our mental health (i.e. know your triggers, remember your tools). If you’re not ready to do the work, you’re not going to get the results you want.
And while listening it hit me - THIS is what I’ve been missing - and maybe what other white people are missing about what it means to be anti-racist, or really the difference between “not being racist” and being actually anti-racist: it takes CONSTANT VIGILANCE to fight this.
This is old news to black people, I feel certain. Much like a person living with an abuser is always on the lookout for the next unprovoked smack to the face, black people in America have always known to be on guard against the next unreasonable, ridiculous, tragic, unfair, absurd, sad, …THING because of racism.
It’s not one Instagram post, or one week of protests, or a donation, or signing petitions, or a purchase from a poc-owned biz or two. But yes go do all of those things, as they do matter and are important. [CONT IN COMMENTS]](https://snarkstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)