Allyship

by James Lindsay
I received the following question by email:I want to go over some of the thoughts that I am having regarding some of the racist material on our websites. In an article titled, “Being a True White Ally Against Racism,” the first line after the introduction is, “Let’s be honest: many white people don’t understand how long racism has been around or how pervasive it continues to be.” While there are a lot of different racist remarks, this one has been rattling around in my head for the past few weeks. To people like you and me who are not indoctrinated into the Woke ideology, this is obviously racist because white people experience racism all the time under our definition (prejudice based on race). But, speaking to someone who believes racism is “prejudice plus power,” the explanation I just gave does not debunk the statement about white people not knowing about racism.