If being against racism is now considered “anti-White”, then you need to take a good look at the values and principles which define your “Whiteness”.

The Root isn’t anti white people. I’m white and have never once felt attacked by a blog that attacks racism in all its many forms. I wonder why you do.

It’s implied, man. It’s pretty easy stuff to understand if you drop the defense. When black people say white people, they’re speaking in the aggregate about trends and tendencies and here’s the thing, and it’s really the Thing: you don’t have to get defensive on behalf of whiteness because at the core of it, what’s…

“When they talk about “white people”, they aren’t talking about you in particular or singling you out.”

Hi, I’m also a white lady. It’s no one’s responsibility, in these incredibly difficult and important times, to “take time” and tell you, an incredibly privileged person, how you are seen by people of color. You do not get extra credit for doing what we should all already be doing.

I’m going to call bullshit on you attending protests and supporting anti-racist causes, or you wouldn’t post such an obnoxious Racism 101 question on a site like this.

Well, the same as how anyone sees anyone. Everyone sees skin color, clothing, and looks first. Everyone. What makes people racist is if they stop at that skin color and decide that the person is not worth their time or that they dislike that person without knowing anything about them.