Even now, in 2014, after all the evidence of how whites have oppressed Blacks over centuries, it is hard to get a white person to comfortably, honestly and intelligently discuss white supremacy and how it manifests itself today. The reasons are plentiful, none of them reasonable.
America’s legacy of racism is similar to other countries. It’s the old reliable: Since it happened in other places, it’s OK that it happened in America.
