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This guy has it spot on.Leonard Pitts Jr.: The infuriating charge of 'racism against white people'
Sometimes I wish white people could be Black.Not forever, mind you. Maybe for just a few weeks like John Howard Griffin, the author of “Black Like Me,” who darkened his skin and traveled the South in 1959. Sometimes, I wish white people could have that experience.
Not so they could feel the sickly apprehension that can accompany a simple traffic stop.
Not so they could feel the indignation of being asked to account for yourself just walking down the street.
Not so they could feel what it’s like when your bank loan is denied, your home appraises for less, your doctor doesn’t take your pain seriously, you don’t get the job, your preschooler gets suspended, the shopkeeper follows you around, you can’t hail a taxi or you wind up in handcuffs, because of the melanin in your skin.
No, I wish white people could be Black so they could know how it feels to deal with all of that — and then hear white people complain how hard they have it.