If Everyone Has Been Programmed to Normalize Racism, then What?

A white woman recently said she and other whites face a dilemma when they are a “work in progress” while learning to become more fully anti-racism. My response to her was that all people in America, including black and brown people, absorbed racist ideology from schools, churches and other institutional influences. The question is what are we all doing to overcome the ignorance, reverse the nonsense and stop repeating the cycles of damage caused by systemic racism? There are many ways people can consistently work to overcome racist ideology, but many do not invest time and effort in doing…