Unpacking Whiteness

The TableTalk: Unpacking Whiteness and White Supremacy helped me understand the complexity of racism and the historical significance of structural racism in the United States. The discussion helped me realize how implicit bias and racism is truly ingrained into every aspect of society including social groups in schools and gentrification. Likewise, from this discussion I was able to better distinguish white imperialism and supremacy. Being an Asian American, the concept of white guilt was always hazy to me and this discussion helped me better grasps the different aspects of the phenomenon . Feeling guilt from witnessing other people from your race being racist was a foreign concept to me until this discussion. As an Asian American, I always felt like Asians were left out of the conversation of racism in American. However, this discussion made me realize how Asian Americans also have implicit bias that contributes to the pandemic that is racism. The discussion helped me realize that as a country, we have a lot more that we have to accomplish socially so that we can dismantle racism. This would involve a tremendous amount of reform in every aspect of America, as racism is structural in society. I think think that it’s important for us to realize that racism can not be dismantled overnight as it has existed as long as our country has existed.

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