If you were raised in the United States (or many other places), you’ve grown up in a culture in which it’s more accurate to ask “In what ways am I racist?” than to ask “Am I racist?” Our culture (if you’re American, and perhaps even if you’re not) carries the baggage of racial oppression, and it takes a very long time for deeply ingrained prejudices like this to change. Even when we personally value the practice of equality and abhor the idea of discrimination, we are likely to still carry some of the seeds of these prejudices.
Everyone’s a little bit racist.
