Where I went wrong (this time)

I don't know how many regular readers of this LJ are following the current online discussions about racism in scifi and fantasy. (If you aren't, magicnoire has a very good summary here.) I've been reading this with great interest, and sometimes sadness, at the recognition of how badly scifi and fantasy writers have often let down nonwhite readers, and how much pain this has caused, and how resistant some other people are to having this conversation.

What's worst, for me, is my own recognition