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As a white female from a middle class family born in the eighties I think I will never know oppression the way a lot of minorities have in the past, and a lot of those groups still experience it today. Who am I to decide for another when they get to feel oppressed. I think a lot of people with my background, are very unaware of the fact that, usually, it's a lot easier to be white, and that a lot of oppression and discrimination based on skin color and heritage still occurs.
I think a lot op people try not to be racist, and "not see color". But, from a psychological prospective, people tend to feel most at ease around those they perceive to be "like them". Does feeling more at ease around people who look, act, talk like you and have the same cultural background make you racist? Not in my book. But to me, excluding, oppressing, distrusting and avoiding another culture does.
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