Is there anyway now that we can be considered not racist?

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426. White Privilege is something all white people benefit form, even if we don't want to.

I never had to talk with my children about what to do if a white policeman or authority figure confronts me because they walked or drove or ran through my own neighborhood.

I can have a scraggly beard, drive a crappy car, and dress like a drug dealer in a wealthy neighborhood and the police will not stop me, but they will stop a black man, wearing a tailor made suit, driving Ferrari in the neighborhood he lives in.

If I wanted, I can walk around carrying weapon next to a school or through a neighborhood and I will not be shot. Black children armed with Skittles are in danger where ever they go.

I've been struggling with this since I first learned about here at DU. I thought that working and voting and advocating to make sure that every person is treated the same no matter the color of the skin, ethnic origin, religion, sex, or gender identification meant that I was not a racist.

If we benefit from a racist system, are we racists, even when it comes to us like air?

If we are, how do we fix the system?