Thanks for this message.
Many of us white folks think we're not racist because we don't consciously hate Black folks. But that's ignoring the unconscious biases that we all pick up, simply by being raised in this society. These biases then lead to the whole gamut of racism, from micro-agressions to murder and everything in between.
Biases do the worst damage when they are unconscious, lurking in the backs of our minds until they unexpectedly burst forth in a cringey gaffe -- or a murder! White supremacy feeds on these biases -- recognize and challenge them, and starve the beast!
Here's a good resource:
https://www.whiteallytoolkit.com/
An important part of the work is to uncover and challenge the biases in oneself. Too many of us well-meaning white folks are all too willing to call-out racism in others, without first examining our own biases. Self-accounting can preclude the obnoxious, ineffective, and all too common "woker than thou" vibe that stinks up the Left. Racism is a plague on our society and we all got the virus. (BIPOC folks are not immune -- although for these, the biases are more likely to take the form of colorism, nativism, and self-doubt / self-hate.) "Remove the log from your own eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your neighbor's eye."
Check it out. for a better world ...
