It's not like black folks are putting their lives on hold to wait for parity or reparation or the cosmic balance of the universe to tilt. We are steering our lives, raising our children and, occasionally, raising our voices. We do not think most white folks set out to deny, or discriminate. ... It doesn't matter if the racism is intentional or not. ... The net effect is the same. ... Income disparity, housing, job, education disparities, infant mortality, disparities in health care delivery and incarceration rates. ... I don't understand whites whose default reaction is to deny that race plays any part in anything.In a follow-up to a great Washington Post article I blogged in May, "White Girl" author Lonnae O'Neal Parker and Peggy Sakagawa share several months worth of a provocative email discussion sparked by the initial story. The exchange reveals two remarkably honest people trying to step outside of their comfort zones and achieve a meaningful discourse about the significance of race in their lives.
It's not like black folks
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