By: Prof. Jared Gardner

Prof. Jared Gardner
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:05:00 +0000

No, but I am happy to explain it again. First, there is no anti-white racism. It is literally not a thing. Here is why: racism depends on institutions that systematically work to privilege one race over another. In the United States, our institutions are fundamentally built to privilege white bodies over brown bodies: in terms of access to educational opportunities, in terms of who gets followed around by security guards while shopping, in terms of who gets small business loans, in terms of who gets the benefit of the doubt in encounters with law enforcement, etc. This is not to say that individuals can't be prejudiced and discriminatory against someone because they are white: of course they can. But name me one institution of power in the united states that systematically discriminates against white people? You can't, because they don't exist. That is institutional racism, and it does not apply to those of us who are phenotypically white. "It's OK to be black" would be a statement of pride and resistance made in the face of centuries of systematic racism and ongoing institutional racism in the country. As we spell out (with evidence) on the website, "it's OK to be white" is a campaign by white nationalists to cause a race war by creating a false narrative that whites are being oppressed. They aren't. I am happy to share more with you if you would find it useful, but I do hope you will think outside of the false narrative of white oppression: it is being made up to build racial resentment and fuel racial conflict. And surely none of us want to be party to that agenda.