@MarshallProj @NickKristof Stop with the 'buts'. We have a racist system that must have racists to exist. What's it run on Cracker Jacks?
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No, some people are racist. RT
@MarshallProj: .@NickKristof on what racism looks like today: http://nyti.ms/1sNEbDp pic.twitter.com/EWBCIapMks
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Blaming "the system" ignores the fact that actual people (some racist ones even!) with structural power, bias & prejudice run "the system."
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"We are not racist, but..." Stop! We've been conditioned to live in a white supremacist society. Accept that fact.
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And that conditioning affects everyone. You are not immune. You are not special.
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While I appreciate the spirit of the argument, his deflection is what Dr. King warned about.
#whitemoderates
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