But what separates the allies from the racists is that, when the allies fuck up, we admit it.

Thank you. That clear delineation needs to go down in the annals, or something. I certainly need to remember that.

Kristy quoth:

That’s so true, people often start sentences with “i’m not racist, but…” and I course the next sentence is always racist!

Because the work but changes everything that follows it, negating whatever came before. Just like “I’m not one to criticize, but…” or any other variant.

And to think I learned that from Bible study. It boggles the mind.

//languagegeek==off

I wonder, does the same apply for something like this?

“I know I’m racist, but I’m trying to change my reactions/thinking/fight the way I was brought up” (or similar)

Well, no. It doesn’t. Because I am racist*, at least a little bit, if I’m working actively against it. Question retracted.

*I am. Of course I am. I hate it, but there it is. And I’m trying to fight those attitudes I learned from our white supremist society. It’s the best (and the least) I can do.