But the compound effect of sin-sick individuals is an unjust society. Along with racial blindness and racial habits, white people have inherited racial politics. Like our racial habits, racial politics have little to do with how each of us feels about other individuals. Try to talk to a white person about racial politics and the go-to response is some version of “that’s not what my black friends say.” And it’s true—because racial politics has never been about hating the people you know. Racial politics is about dividing us from people we don’t know through fear, then offering a savior to make
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