When White People Say They ‘Don’t See Color’
We know you do — and you know it, too
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5 min readMar 4, 2020
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When I was a kid, my White classmates always compared me to a cookie. I remember one specifically said, “You’re like an Oreo: Black on the outside but White on the inside. You’re cool.” In their young minds, this was a compliment. They didn’t realize how offensive that statement was — and back then, neither did I.