It’s like mansplaining is a manner in which men speak to women and non-male identified individuals, except in this case it is a member of white majority explaining some kind of rule or rhyme and reason for something to be.

Honestly, since I FOBed in more than 3 decades ago, I have developed a quite persistent but very vague notion of how a white person would explain something to me, in most cases beyond my control and against my wishes.

The trouble with it is that because I was a kid when I developed this mental concept, it is really hard to separate aspects of whitesplaining that are objectively beneficial from those that are completely selfish and completely political in a way that is unfavorable to me. It’s not clear which and how much whitesplanation on the individual level is essential for sustaining out society. Nor is it clear if any conscious decision goes into when whitesplaining is done or when it is not done. Do non-white people whitesplaining?(yes we absolutely do, I even dadsplain sometimes, which honestly can be quite a bit more atrocious relative to reality)

But in any case, there you have it, people! Whitesplaining abound! Don’t do it if you are white, don’t do it if you’re not white, just don’t whitesplaining period.

Ps and don’t wifesplain too much, otherwise it might, dare we say this, explained…