Yeah, I just think this isn't one of those, and we have to be specific, or we're just generically angry, and that's not super-fruitful. The thing is, your pers

Yeah, I just think this isn't one of those, and we have to be specific, or we're just generically angry, and that's not super-fruitful. The thing is, your personal experience (people believing things about you just based on the color of your skin, their minds being made up; feeling like you're going into things with a disadvantage based on how you are seen; being powerless to argue your way out) is absolutely valid, but it's also how lots of other people feel (immigrants all over the world, displaced people, minorities in any country, etc. - often disadvantaged in business, hiring, dating, ...). I think white people in wealthy western countries currently really do tend to feel this sort of systemic prejudice the least in their lives, due to demographics and history, and often can't empathize with the problem well. I perhaps couldn't myself before I became an immigrant and ran into circles where I'm stereotyped negatively (super jarring experience, but valuable). Some of the outrage and prejudice you see - and it can be off the mark - is a reaction to that, and it's often specific to a situation you're outside of (e.g. race relations in the US of A), and from authors not considering any other situation for lack of knowledge or experience. The bottom line is that it's a whole bunch of breakdowns of empathy all around and in all directions, including towards you. But the cool thing is that this kinda equips you with empathy special powers so you can try to improve things by being an effective communicator about these things.