9 Truths All People Need to Accept About Racism So We Can Finally Have an Honest Conversation About It
Racism Ignores Humanity
“White man, hear me! A man is a man, a woman is a woman, a child is a child. To deny these facts is to open the doors on a chaos deeper and deadlier and, within the space of a man’s lifetime, more timeless, more eternal, than the medieval vision of Hell.”
— James Baldwin, “White Man’s Guilt”
Racists ignore the humanity of others when they are from the darker race or Black race. Baldwin demands their attention in recognizing this, yet in his essay he knows racists do not care to consider the fact that Black people are indeed human.
