I Won’t Try to Convince You that Racism is Real

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Every time I write on racism, there’s always a white person in my comments denying racism or going on about colorblindness, or taking it to the level of stuck on stupid and attempting to convince me that “reverse racism” is more prevalent or that it’s “The Blacks” who get special treatment. I’m always left wondering what am I to do with this comment?

I won’t lie. My initial instinct is to block the commenter. In the words of Sweet Brown, “ain’t nobody got time for that.”

Apparently me discussing racism is what causes the “divisiveness” and not actual racism. Apparently, my existence is the problem, not the problem you choose to have with that. Yes, racists have a problem with Black people merely existing as driving while Black, barbecuing while Black, bird-watching while Black, and basically breathing while Black became a thing recently when the cops were called on Black people, what seemed like daily, for living everyday life.

The world is not only Black and white, and yes, anti-Blackness is a thing. Anti-Blackness can be particularly nasty because…