White People Are Not Responsible For Every Problem People Of Color Have.

Richard The Chwalek
20 min readJan 19, 2021
The Whiteout Story (Photo by Yoann Siloine on Unsplash)

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Almost every tweet, post, meme, story, essay, podcast, video, TV or radio program seems to point out, and complain about the bad things white people have allegedly done and do to blacks, latinos, American Indians, and others. I am here to say we whites are not responsible for everything wrong with this nation. That said, the 96.61% to 99% we are responsible for, still do not get enough consistent attention in the ways they should.

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Yes, it may seem like liberals talk about people of color all the time now, but Trump, a white person, made sure racism, xenophobia, etc. were going to stay high atop the national agenda the last five years. Otherwise, like nearly every topic of importance brought up before Trump, those issues are whitewashed from the national conversation within weeks of a specific event, or crisis. Of course, to a large extent the media-frenzy intensity, rise and fall, is normal, but the drop off in concern and action by all Americans should not be.

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Those who say Trump is not a racist, or that people of color and white liberals are overreacting, either do not see who attended his rallies, what they wear and promote, or that they are the same ones who help make sure racism is whitewashed from the…

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Richard The Chwalek
Richard The Chwalek

Written by Richard The Chwalek

Mostly serious stuff w/ bits of sarcastic fluff. I wish more could be told yet bios have room 4 short & bold. You’ll see less length isn’t my greatest strength.