white people benefit from racism everyday. racism is not just getting called a cracker in the 2nd grade, but instead an institutionalized system that has been put in place to raise white people up and push people of color down further and further. racism is a system of advantages and disadvantages that privileges white people while disenfranchising people of color. a white person may think that because they don’t hate [insert race here], they aren’t racist, but the bottom line is, if you are born white, you benefit from racism. that’s how society works. so if you are white, don’t bother asserting the fact that you are “not a racist” or that “all white people aren’t racist”. Instead, be an ally and actively prove it. actions speak louder than words.
Mon, Jun 16th 2014 at 22 PM