I think most people believe that if you don't go out of your way to be directly nasty to people of color, you aren't a racist. I know that's what I used to believe.
But once you educate yourself a bit, you understand that you have to be actively against that shit, that passivity is no better. White people don't really get that on the whole I think.
The wild part about that is I think they are fully aware.
There are some who think Racsim is white sheets and burning crosses.
But there are a whole lot more who make statements about our hair, cross the street where we walk by, make these passive ass agressive remarks about our actions, and as of late call the police for extremely benign daily activities.
I can't excuse them because they actively know what their doing. They know what their saying is fucked up. They just don't care.
They see black skin and can't empathize. "Can't relate"
We've been conditioned since society has been catered to whiteness since Day 1. We watch your media, we interact daily and socially. As a result we know how white people operate.
It's been like this for so long that as soon the paradigm is shifted, it makes white people uncomfortable and they shut down as a result.
It doesn't take a school lesson to be a good person. I know too many good natured white people personally who prove that majority of white people enjoy power, control, and don't want that structure to change.
