They generally follow a pretty strict blueprint that's become achingly familiar.
2. Shock and Outrage
3. “I Know A Black”
4. “No YOU’RE the Racist”
5. The revelation that the person so outraged at being called a racist (though he was never called a racist) has more evidence that he is, in fact, a racist
6. The Big Shrug
And like a whimper, nothing happens. Because what really ever happens to white men who reveal themselves to be racist. They do all that crying because the r-word to white men is their N-word. Why? Because white men will never have to face something as deadly, painful and hateful as the N-word. When in the end “racist” is just a mild inconvenience. Nothing substantial really happens to them. Sure, they may get fired eventually but they’ll find more jobs with no problems. They’ll find bigger fan bases who embrace their racism. They get to keep their jobs as governors. They become presidents. They throw fits on national television and get coddled into feeling like everything is okay. They learn nothing. They don’t grow. They get to continue to hate us. And all we get in the end is a shrug.
And that’s what happens when white men get called racist.
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