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How to not be racist.
It seems like everybody’s talking about racism at the moment, but there’s significant disagreement about what it is. Some people claim that black people can’t be racist. Other’s insist that racism no longer exists. Still others seem to believe that white people are racist simply because they exist. It feels impossible to unravel it all.
To be clear, I don’t flatter myself that I’m more intelligent than the other black voices commentating on the issue, but the more I read, the more it seems as if I’ve been given a unique insight on the issue. You see, it appears that I’ve found a way to define racism that nobody else is considering at the moment, and because great power comes with great responsibility, it feels incumbent upon me to share it. So without further ado, here’s my advice to anybody who would like to avoid being racist:
Don’t discriminate against people based on their race.
Ok, I admit, this advice isn’t entirely original. It seems like a long time ago now, but believe it or not, this was once considered to be an indisputable definition of racism; discrimination based on race. Since those simple times, the meaning of racism has been warped and twisted, until finally it’s become so obscure that even people who have dedicated their lives to…
