Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism …

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Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks (they could have such feelings and leave us alone) but because it is a system that promotes domination and subjugation? ✨ bell hooks (2014). Black Looks: Race and Representation, p.15, Routledge
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