Is it productive to repeatedly remind white people of how privileged they are?

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235. Racism affects how people of color see themselves

Just as sexism affects how women see themselves, but if you are suggesting that those who are the targets of discrimination are as racist as the hegemonic culture that produces power, that is simply false. Race is culturally constructed, so it takes on different meanings in different societies. This OP was about the US. At its core it was about denying white privilege, which is one of the key ways racism is perpetuated. The US has always been the basis by which other countries compared themselves in terms of racism because its manifestation in this country was so extreme and brutal.

The idea of race as a category of identity, and then as biological, emerged out of the institution of slavery. It is inexorably linked to white privilege, and that in fact was its intent. The racialization of the institution of slavery elevated even poor whites above blacks. It justified the denial to Africans and their decedents of the concept of equality that emerged out of the Age of Revolution. Did racist ideas that take on somewhat different meanings in different societies, yes. What is considered white and black in the US is not the same in Haiti or Brazil. Power and privilege are central to racism. Racism is not simply personal views some may have toward people of different phenotype but the ways in which society and culture elevate whiteness above other racial identities.

I really don't know what you are getting at. You will have to be more specific.