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people is that we think something is wrong with Black people. I didnot fully realize that the only thing extraordinary about White peopleis that they think something is extraordinary about White people.I am not saying all individuals who happen to identify as Black (orWhite or Latina/o or Asian or Native American) are equal in all ways.I am saying that there is nothing wrong with Black people
as a group
, orwith any other racial group. That is what it truly means to think as anantiracist: to think there is nothing wrong with Black people, to thinkthat racial groups are equal. There are lazy and unwise and harmfulindividuals of African ancestry. There are lazy and unwise and harm-ful individuals of European ancestry. There are industrious and wiseand harmless individuals of European ancestry. There are industriousand wise and harmless individuals of African ancestry.Share
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