Justifying Racism

I was just a while ago at my common-law mother in law’s house. She’s half white and half indigenous.

She said that native people have had racism against them so it’s definitely alright for native people to be racist. Coming from a professional… I was rather stunned to hear someone have real conviction in the belief that racism is okay.

It’s even worse when it comes from a non-white person because every other race in the world has been a victim of oppression/genocide/murder by white people – you’d think that being a victim of racism yourself would make you aware of what it felt like, realise that it’s wrong and not direct it towards anyone.

Exasperation is the word of the moment.