Power, as in institutional power, not an individual’s power. As an individual I’m pretty powerless, but looking at the big picture I benefit from my white privilege. When I say something prejudiced about another ethnic group I’m reinforcing the white power structure that sadly still runs most of our society.

Anyone can be prejudiced, but racism is prejudice + power. Again, that person made a shitty, sexist, mean, awful, very bad, jerkish, unnecessary, and prejudiced tweet, but it’s not racist. That person seems like a sexist shitbag, but saying mean things about white people isn’t racist.

I HATE to bring you out of the greys on this comment but are you SERIOUSLY saying that Cosby is innocent?? No. Just no.

Oh my god that persons twitter handle makes me want to gouge my own eyes out. The change you want to see? You're gonna have a Ghandi quote for a handle and you're going to spew hateful shit like that? I hate the world.

Uh, not a U.S. Supreme Court judge. A New York state judge. New York state trial courts are called “Supreme Courts” (even though they are actually the lowest courts in NY, not the highest as you might think given the word “Supreme”).