Michael Hurst
1 min readNov 27, 2020

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I have been working with SURJ and another org for White men against racism. But I have heard all the arguments about Whites and racism, and all the code words newly created for the purpose of shaming White people. I don't buy your dubious definitions or baseless attacks.

"Maybe next time that someone insists you are racist, you ask them to tell you more about that to help you understand." I have done that. And the only answer I get is basically the pablum that you presented - that I will always be racist because my mom and dad were born White, which makes me White, which makes me racist. To characterize an entire racial or ethnic group as behaving in one way is, at best, prejudiced, and when you attack that group with your ad hominems it is racist. I find it ironic that I get lectured about being racist by people using racist arguments.

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Michael Hurst
Michael Hurst

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Economist and public policy analyst, cyclist and paddler, and incorrigible old coot.

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