random question but is racism specifically discrimination or can it also be ignorance (when it doesn’t harm people). like I’ve been rooming with my black friend and they bring up things like people in the area being racist, and I just have no idea how to respond. I’m not just gonna say “wow that sucks” but if I felt like I just didn’t know enough abt their situation to actually comment on it, so I just awkwardly stayed silent 💀
idk like I wanna know more about their experience being black, but also I don’t want to be more aware of the mindsets of racists because I don’t want to sympathize with or humanize them. racism is a mire steeped in false logic, and I don’t want to expose myself to its arguments if I don’t have to