Chengeri: I like the focus on whiteness because i feel like in general, when we're talking about race, in ethnicity, the focus tends to be on people o color. Chengeri: There's a tendency in this country to frame the discussion about race, antnicity and oppression in terms of something called race relations. chengeri: In fact, john, if i can', i want to deputize you as a white person to go out into the world and sort of intervene when you see people framing it like that.