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Nice Racism

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Niceness Functions From White People in the Face of Raceism

Erica Anderson: How does niceness function from white people in the face of raceism? She says there was this feeling that if i'm nice, i can't be racist. And inability to get your hands on it makes it more insidious and maddening she says. Anderson: A culture of niceness is also this idea that that signifies an absence of racism. It's like a blanket holding racism in place, just a different form.

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