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I felt shut out of this discussion because I am white and believe that racism can be eliminated. Yet it seemed to me that the speakers were strong believers that this is a racist society and their perception is not open to challenge or change. It was almost as if they needed the construct of a racist society to define themselves against - racism actually defined them.

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