Debate Flares After Black College Students Seek A Non-White Roommate

[MrScorpio]

110. There's a cultural element as well

White people, Americans in particular, have mostly been indoctrinated into white supremacist culture. That culture trains whites into a mindset of anti-black bias.

Many times this bias is expressed by whites without even knowing it and when challenged, they become defensive and hostile.

This is more than just the color of ones skin. People of color are also affected by anti-black bias, to the point where we suffer from forms of internalized racism, such as colorism.

I'm glad that you brought that up. Rather than always trying to cope with white supremacist society, especially where it relegated non-whiteness to an inferior position in the hierarchy, perhaps these students of color would rather not have deal with that in the confines of their personal space.

Instead of dealing with the negativity in anti-black bias that's associated with endemic white supremacy, they'd rather want an opportunity to reinforce who they are as people of color within an environment of black solidarity. In other words, a place where they can recharge within their own culture.