For years,racism has been defined by the violence of far-apt extremists, but a more insidious kind of prejudice can be found where many least expect it – at the heart of respectable societyOn 22 February 2014, or I published a post on my blog. I titled it “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race”. It read: “I’m no longer engaging with white people on the topic of race. Not all white people,just the huge majority who refuse to accept the existence of structural racism and its symptoms. I can no longer engage with the gulf of an emotional disconnect that white people display when a person of colour articulates their experience. You can see their eyes shut down and harden. It’s like treacle is poured into their ears, blocking up their ear canals. It’s like they can no longer hear us.“This emotional disconnect is the conclusion of living a life oblivious ((adj.) lacking consciousness or awareness of something) to the fact that their skin colour is the norm and all others deviate from it. Related: Fearless teenagers and Teen Vogue could transform a bleak-looking future | Reni Eddo-Lodge Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com