'Wypipo' Explained

[Chemisse]

147. I see your point.

There are plenty of people who are white who are not actively racist, but don't seem to care about the injustices done to POCs. It's helpful to illuminate that.

My problem is that by calling people out as racist, or even with a special new insulting term, does indeed 'fuel up racism.' It makes people angry and defensive and can lead to polarization, which is the last thing we need.

I think most white people here on DU (including myself) are not racist in any intentional way, but we have different realities. The police killings of unarmed black men and boys over the past 5 or 8 years or so really stunned me. And yet it quickly became clear to me that it's always been that way - and worse - I just didn't know about it. I suspect there is a whole lot more that I don't understand - yet.

It's difficult to step out of one's own viewpoint, which is mostly a result of all the experiences you've had in life, to see another way of looking at things, which was the result of an entirely different set of experiences. I think most of the comments you see as racist here on DU are a result of this.

We need illumination, not condemnation.