I always wonder how true the most white people are racist statement is. I don’t think I’m racist, I think I value people the same regardless of the color of their skin. I sometimes wonder if I’m wrong about myself, maybe I am racist in some way but am blind to it. How would I even know?
I think if it’s true that most white people are racist, then that means most people are racist, because people are people and white people can’t have a monopoly on being shit bags.
None of the above statements are intended to negate what’s happening in the world today, or the abuses and horrors being inflicted.
I sometimes wonder if I’m wrong about myself, maybe I am racist in some way but am blind to it. How would I even know?
My stance is that everyone is at least a little racist, in some way. Racism is such an essential part of society and culture, probably almost everywhere by now, that no one can avoid it entirely. However, we can try to recognize it in ourselves and other people and minimize it, and that’s what really makes the difference, the end goal being to eradicate racism entirely (also apply this to all kinds of -isms and -phobias you can think of).
Maybe there are people who have cleansed themselves entirely of racism. In my view, that’s comparable to achieving some sort of enlightened or transcendent state, which most of us can only aspire to.
I always wonder how true the most white people are racist statement is. I don’t think I’m racist, I think I value people the same regardless of the color of their skin. I sometimes wonder if I’m wrong about myself, maybe I am racist in some way but am blind to it. How would I even know?
I think if it’s true that most white people are racist, then that means most people are racist, because people are people and white people can’t have a monopoly on being shit bags.
None of the above statements are intended to negate what’s happening in the world today, or the abuses and horrors being inflicted.
My stance is that everyone is at least a little racist, in some way. Racism is such an essential part of society and culture, probably almost everywhere by now, that no one can avoid it entirely. However, we can try to recognize it in ourselves and other people and minimize it, and that’s what really makes the difference, the end goal being to eradicate racism entirely (also apply this to all kinds of -isms and -phobias you can think of).
Maybe there are people who have cleansed themselves entirely of racism. In my view, that’s comparable to achieving some sort of enlightened or transcendent state, which most of us can only aspire to.