I am a middle aged white man living in a predominantly white region. I used to think I was not racist at all, but in light of recent black-white tensions in the US, I have taken a close look at myself. While I do not disparage black people, I have been in groups where racist things were said and not spoken out and denounced them. I have also been slow to admit the white priviledge that I have been able to take advantage of my whole life. I now acknowledge that institutional racism exists in this country. I guess I would say I am a recovering racist. I think that most white people fear loss of priviledge and harsh retaliation if blacks gain too much power in our society. Certainly white priviledge would be lost in a society ruled by blacks and other minorities, but that is the goal, a society that does not unfairly advantage whites. I would be more than willing to serve a more subordinate role in society if it meant being able to live in peace and I believe a society with more people of color in authority would be a better society. To hasten this inevitable paradigm shift, I would like to hear from black people what I can do on a daily basis.
The main thing is to acknowledge your automatic head start without feeling guilty about it even if its just to yourself. You hit the nail on the head when you said whites fear retaliation. One of your founding fathers said the same thing. Jefferson feared retaliation as well. Albert Einstein said racism was a disease of white people. My view point is that if whites didnt have an inferiority complex they would have never legislated themselves white only affirmative action for over 400 years then get upset when Blacks have partial affirmative action. If they discover and deal with the reasons for their inferiority complex they will be able to stop racism.
The reasons are simple: whites perceive Black men as physically superior. This is intimidating to most white men and attractive to many white women. white men fear that, if it becomes more socially acceptable, white women will persue Black men. Since Black genes tend to be of the dominant variety, white traits will be lost . IF this is true, im ok with it. Its just the natural order of things.
Firstly, that perception is largely true. On average, black people are physically superior to whites. Watch any physical sport like football or boxing and that becomes abundantly clear. Conversely, Whites are intellectually superior to blacks and you can see that manifest in being more educated on average, higher income on average, their families are more intact on average, etc...
There is no way to make us equal, we are different and therefore can never be equal. Can we be treated equally under the law? Yes. Can we expect blacks, who have the lowest average IQs of all the races to ever be equal in living conditions? Nope. Why? Because blacks are not as smart as white people.
There is a reason the highest paid blacks do things physically, playing professional sports. They are not usually academic material.
White fathers don't want to dumb down their future generation's genetics, have their daughter with a man that cannot provide financially for them, and that's not even mentioning the reality that along with their average low IQ of 85 while whites average 100, they also have a higher propensity for violence due to their higher testosterone levels... White fathers don't want their daughters to be a victim of domestic violence.
Domestic violence is very high amongst interracial couples.
You see, you need to do some studying up before you just assume things.
