Good People – Race Consciousness Evolution
Monday, January 29, 2018 1:33
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26 January 2018 Good white folks” was a term used by African Americans in the South to refer to whites who treated them with humanity, dignity, mutual respect and friendship.
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Ruby Bridges | Photo re-produced from Wall Street International.
One of the loudest protestations heard from a majority of white Americans today is that they are not racist.
They despair and despise the in-your-face racism of the KKK, Nazi Party and other overtly racist groups.
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But what confuses many African Americans and other people of color is this: if the majority of white Americans are not racist and believe in equality and justice for all, why haven’t “good white people” had more of an impact in changing institutional racism in America?
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The most honest answer is twofold.
First, it may be that those who believe they don’t harbor racist beliefs actually do at an unconscious programmed level.
Second, and perhaps more important, is that many liberal, progressive and non-racist whites are afraid of white racists. Good white people know that those whites committed to white supremacy can be dangerous to even other whites.
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Martha R. Bireda’s debut fiction novel, “The Womb Rebellion”, tells the story of gynecological resistance among enslaved women on a southern plantation.
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Martha R. Bireda‘s article was published in Wall Street International on 26 December 2017. Go to Original.
