The problem is that white people see racism as conscious hate

[El_Johns]

131. Bloomberg doesn't act for "whites". He acts for the 1%, and his policies also harm working class

class whites. He was born on third base, & he didn't "get" a policitical position, he bought it as the 10th-richest man in the world.

And black people also have a "shot" at navigating the system, biased though it is. Need I remind you that a black man is president?

Constructing racism as "white privilege" is a losing proposition because it alienates a portion of the people you need to actually build a movement to DO something -- and it's not designed to build a movement, or to build solidarity.

As I appended to my previous post:

Anti-racism work used to be about ending the POLICIES that held racism in place. So often these days it seems to be less about that & more about enforcing the construct of "white privilege". But when I ask the enforcers what will change if I buy into this construct, they can't tell me anything specific. "Hopefully you will be more aware" etc.

I'm already aware. My awareness is useless because I'm not the one making or enforcing racist policies, like loser mortgages, stop & frisk, private prisons, etc. I hate all those things, but so what, since outside the major cities there's no MOVEMENT to publicize their ills & end them.