Olde Europe
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In dialogue about racism, we whites often fail to mention actual examples of how we engage in it and are a part of it, so here are mine:
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So where am I going with this confession? I'm saying I'm a racist and I don't want to be. I'm saying, this is some really ugly, vile shit. [...]
Let me start out saying that all this is a welcome departure from the usual routine on here: "That's / You're racist!" - "Nuh, you are!"
That said, it's not yet clear whether you're just a vainglorious attention-seeker, someone hoping for a warm shower of redemption, someone emotionally incontinent who has just discovered racism and his heart floweth over, or someone genuinely struggling. In the latter case, just realize this is not your private kitchen table, where to debate life with loved ones and discretion is guaranteed.
Overall, I'd be more impressed had you read up on how racism plays out in society these days, how white privilege pervades society and, usually, still ensures a helpful hand to Whitey, had you moved from the merely personal to how that fits into societal structures ensuring that nothing changes, from media / language to police, and from education to finance, and had you thought about ways to combat what is, after all, America's (arguably, humankind's) birth defect.