This was written by a white friend of mine. she nailed the sentiments of socially conscious minorities who did not choose to assimilate without maintaining their ethnic identities. my friend is also a brilliant scientist.
“Strong racial conditioning means even when you feel intensely for social justice as a white person, and you work towards it and speak and stand for it, a well written article such as this justifying unjust practices will make you think, hmm could this be a valid point? The ease at which we can be swayed at preserving the status quo in societal norms by a simple article that repeats benign phrases over and over again is a good measuring stick for how strongly the society can jerk our chains regardless of how awake we think we are. Our twisted social conditioning on race is the greatest neutralizer as white Americans, and it is time we figure this out.”