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Accidentally Racist Vol2

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A few years ago, I fancied myself a YouTuber. A now ex friend and I had a show called Ginger Snacks. It wasn't very good. During that time we made a video that makes me cringe to look back on. It's called "Accidentally Racist," and my point was that sometimes we're accidentally racist, but the whole video is a couple of white girls that are talking from privilege, and make very little effort to educate themselves. I am afraid I was indeed one of these girls, and like I said, it makes me cringe.  The fact is, I am accidentally racist sometimes. And I'm not proud of it. The more I learn, the more I should strive to learn. I find myself sometimes complacent ... it's easy that way, but it's the path of the cowardly as well as the lazy, and I need to do better.  Maybe it's not that I'm racist, I'm just comfortable with my ignorance. I'm tired from work and life, but that's no excuse. I read multicultural literature, I support ethnic-owne...