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http://www.onyxtruth.com/2016/03/20/yes-all-white-people-raised-in-america-are-racist/
"For most of us, it seems it was watered down substantially. No longer were our family members all in agreement that black people were less human than us. There was a shift in how they said it, and how it was demonstrated. We started utilizing other tactics, such as erasure. You had numerous white families start telling themselves and their children that it is better to just not see race at all. White families started raising their children under this ideology. It is not a good ideology for a variety of reasons. First, you have the erasure of other people’s culture that comes along with it. If you do not see race, you will not see their culture. You then expect everyone to follow -yours-. It is just another manifestation of white supremacy. If you’re not seeing race, how are you seeing your own and why are you thinking all of your “culture” and “traditions” are the default? This attempt to sweep racism under the rug actually only furthered it.
White families started telling each other that white supremacists wear white hoods, and that as long as you’re not wearing a hood, or associating with Uncle Brad who does wear one, you’re not a white supremacist or supporting white supremacy. This set in white minds a new standard and idea of what it means to be racist or have any hand in racism and white supremacy. These thoughts and ideas are still rampant today. My generation is hell bent that if they have 2 black friends, had at least 3 black people attend their school, don’t wear white hoods and don’t talk about race, that they are not racist at all. That is not the case. If anything, it makes you racist and hypocritical. You “don’t see race” until you bring up your “black friends”? Really?"
"For most of us, it seems it was watered down substantially. No longer were our family members all in agreement that black people were less human than us. There was a shift in how they said it, and how it was demonstrated. We started utilizing other tactics, such as erasure. You had numerous white families start telling themselves and their children that it is better to just not see race at all. White families started raising their children under this ideology. It is not a good ideology for a variety of reasons. First, you have the erasure of other people’s culture that comes along with it. If you do not see race, you will not see their culture. You then expect everyone to follow -yours-. It is just another manifestation of white supremacy. If you’re not seeing race, how are you seeing your own and why are you thinking all of your “culture” and “traditions” are the default? This attempt to sweep racism under the rug actually only furthered it.
White families started telling each other that white supremacists wear white hoods, and that as long as you’re not wearing a hood, or associating with Uncle Brad who does wear one, you’re not a white supremacist or supporting white supremacy. This set in white minds a new standard and idea of what it means to be racist or have any hand in racism and white supremacy. These thoughts and ideas are still rampant today. My generation is hell bent that if they have 2 black friends, had at least 3 black people attend their school, don’t wear white hoods and don’t talk about race, that they are not racist at all. That is not the case. If anything, it makes you racist and hypocritical. You “don’t see race” until you bring up your “black friends”? Really?"
