Seth.
It’s so hard for white people to acknowledge that we benefit from racism, regardless of any intent or malice. We get so defensive about it, but the reality is that we have been raised in a racist society to make racist assumptions, that we benefit from everyone else’s racist assumptions, and it is not enough to just be non-racist. We must be actively anti-racist, to acknowledge the legitimate anger and frustration of people of color, and take steps to correct our unfair advantages. And that starts with accepting that we are part of the problem, so that we can then work to correct that problem.
