From a search that brought someone to this site: “Why are white people so racist?”

Answer: White people’s racism is a classic example of how rewards for bad behavior perpetuate that same problematic behavior. So let them have a couple of slaves or two, and next thing you know the idea that brown people are born to serve has become entrenched in the white mind. Because of course it’s great to have people to order around! Who wouldn’t want a slave, given the chance?

Of course, white people will all yelp, “But slavery was so long ago and I didn’t have anything to do with it!” (A friend related that on a first date, the other party turned to her and said, “What are black people complaining about? Slavery has been over for seventy years!”) But that assumes that history is meaningless.

Tell a racist joke at a party?  Wear an offensive Fukudome tee-shirt?  Mistake a black executive for a waiter at a party?  Ask an Asian American “Where do you come from?  No I mean, REALLY?”  Touch some hair?

There will always be tons of white people (and maybe even a few folks of color) who will laugh at the jokes and support ill-considered opinions.  And if one of those uppity brown folk just happens to voice an objection, there will be tons of white people (and maybe even a few folks of color) ready to leap to the defense.

Because, you see, it’s not about “real” racism.  It’s about who gets to define reality.

Oops, guess this isn’t so quick and dirty. One out of two ain’t bad.