Your Guide to What’s Racist

A List Based on What’s On Medium and Whatever’s Playing in the Background While I Typed This

This subject is too important for a lengthy intro: Here’s the list.

black reaction gifs

Quentin Tarantino movies

white liberals

covid-19

not liking riots

pointing out that police kill more whites than blacks

2020

Racists protest racism.

white people who try to be allies to black people (and that includes me — so brave!)

not liking riots again

Rose McGowan

white sushi chefs

microaggressions

anyone who thinks anyone but black women is an adult

“Checking in”/ asking black co-workers “How are you doing?” — puts too much emotional labor on black people

Racists protest.

yoga pants

saying there’s been racial progress in America

opposing reparations

Bernie Sanders

Black men (for failing black women)

sharing stories about good cops

VC firms

John Cleese

liberal white friends

Karen

police

The Supreme Court’s latest rulings

“universal empathy”

corporate America

Asian Americans

America’s healthcare system

moral relativism

NOT the Soviet Union

The Breakfast Club

Russell Simmons

Big white lady.

“The American idea of freedom”

not believing black people 100% of the time

not liking Jeremy Corbyn

whiteness

statues

Gone with the Wind

not liking riots, yet again

Hollywood

TERFs

NASCAR

The winner gets the coveted title of Fastest Racist of the Day

“Office Allies” (remember, these are people/ideas/things considered racist)

black on black crime

marginalized people

Zoom

Harvard

black people happy they’ve gotten into college

not wanting to pay reparations for something one didn’t do

ALL American law enforcement

Christianity

fast food restaurants

any criticism of BLM

racial humor

rice packaging

cereal packaging

corporations who donate to BLM