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amouseinmyhouse  ·  3204 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Conversation With White People on Race

Once again, it comes down to the definition. Any individual can be prejudiced against any other individual for any reason, including race. If you use the individual definition of racism, then they are racist.

If you are using the systemic definition of racism then the current power structure in the US favors whites. I'm not saying that under this definition anyone is "guilty" of racism, just that as a matter of fact there are certain people who benefit from such a system and certain people who don't.

I can't speak to how you interact with the system simply because I haven't seen how you interact with the system. I'm simply relaying my observations of how the word 'racism' affects conversation based on the two apparent definitions that exist.

As for separate races not having children together, that seems like an extreme argument that I can't say I agree with in any way.