What else is this suppose to say besides, "all white people are racists"? Re: the complicit because we all benefit, I'm not sure that your argument holds. The

What else is this suppose to say besides, "all white people are racists"? Re: the complicit because we all benefit, I'm not sure that your argument holds. The author isn't calling all white people racist; he's saying that all white people benefit from racism. That is subtly different. You may have a case to build around whether we all directly benefit from racism, or whether we simply don't suffer because of it. The latter position is surely close to axiomatic but the former requires more thought.