They shared a common oppression as women, and were both 'sisters under the skin'. The black woman disagreed. I see a woman', replied the white woman hopefully. I see a black woman. For me race is visible every minute of every day, because it is how I am not privileged in this culture.
White people have a personal stake in anti-racism.
White people do not experience ourselves as unique, specific or valuable. We are 'whitewashed' out of our specific cultural, ethnic and national identities, and we lose our particular cultural heritages. But the word diversity doesn't necessarily suggest a key aspect of the relations between men of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. That key aspect is power. Men of different backgrounds have differential access to social resources and social status.