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Why Should White People Fight Racism? Take Three

Continuing where I left off with my earlier posts discussing why white people should fight racism, here's another reason for doing so: White people should fight racism because allowing systematic racism to continue undermines and cheapens our own individual achievements. Think about it: how often has Clarence Thomas spoken about the resentment he feels at the implication that because of affirmative action he has not earned his position in life on his own merits, that he got into Yale Law School "just because he's black" and later got appointed to the Supreme Court for the same reason?

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