I’ve been mulling over this post by blog-cousin Sara Libby, and come up with little in the way of a coherent response.
For whatever twisted reason, I care more passionately and deeply about racism than probably every other issue facing our society right now: gay marriage, the environment, etc. (and I care about those quite a bit). Have I personally experienced racism before? Hell no – I’ve got blond hair and blue eyes. But how else will we ever get to a point where we can have an honest and intelligent dialogue on race if people like me don’t at least try to grapple with it? Again, I don’t want to make this about me, because it’s not, but if non-black people are constantly being told that they shouldn’t even attempt to broach the issue, since they’ll inevitably reveal how racist they are, then progress is impossible.
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