When we stop denying the duality of racist and antiracist, we can take an accurate accounting of the racial ideas and policies we support. For the better part of my life I held both racist and antiracist ideas, supported both racist and antiracist policies; I’ve been antiracist one moment, racist in many more moments. To say individuals of color can’t be racist is to say people of color are being antiracist at all times. To say Black individuals can’t be racist is to say all Black individuals are being antiracist at all times. My own story tells me that is not true. History agrees.
