Kristof: When Whites Just Don’t Get It
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 12th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Kristof: When Whites Just Don’t Get It
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times: The greatest problem is not with flat-out white racists, but rather with the far larger number of Americans who believe intellectually in racial equality but are quietly oblivious to injustice around them. Too many whites unquestioningly accept a system that disproportionately punishes blacks and that gives public schools serving disadvantaged children many fewer resources than those serving affluent children. We are not racists, but we accept a system that acts in racist ways.