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Charles M. Blow says "Denying Racism Supports It"
Make no mistake: Denying racism or refusing to call it out is also racist. You cannot claim to be egalitarian and anti-racism and choose to be closeted among family and friends or even in your community for fear of rejection and ostracism, or as is often used as an excuse, to keep the peace.
There is no peace for the targets of racism, so your choosing of personal comfort and the comfort of racists supports the commission of racial injury.
If you are just coming to call Trump’s behavior racist — or, worse yet, if you still can’t bring yourself to do so — you are part of the problem. You are supporting that architecture of white racism.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/22/1873515/-Charles-M-Blow-says-Denying-Racism-Supports-It?utm_campaign=trending
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/opinion/trump-racism.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage