Kendi observes a tendency in people who support racist policies to say that they personally are not racist; he argues that racism should not be defined "in a way that exonerates us," but instead "based on the evidence and the material reality."
"[A] racist is someone who is expressing an idea of racial hierarchy or supporting a policy that's leading to racial inequity. An anti-racist is the very opposite: someone who is expressing an idea of racial equality, or supporting a policy that's leading to racial equity," Kendi told Garrett. By that definition, anyone who supports a policy that results in racial inequity is being racist.
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