- It's not enough to just be not racist. If we really want to change the situation we need to confront racial inequity and not simply ignore them. - Every person or policy is either producing or sustaining racial inequity or racial equity. There's no such thing as not racist. ---- What’s the problem with being “not racist”? It is a claim that signifies neutrality: “I am not a racist, but neither am I aggressively against racism.” But there is no neutrality in the racism struggle. The opposite of “racist” isn’t “not racist.” It is “antiracist.” What’s the difference? One endorses either the idea of a racial hierarchy as a racist, or racial equality as an antiracist. One either believes problems are rooted in groups of people, as a racist, or locates the roots of problems in power and policies, as an antiracist. One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an antiracist. There is no in-between safe space of “not racist.” - Ibrahim X Kendi in [[How to be Antiracist]]