isms

...ism's are not good. A person should not believe in an ism. He should believe in himself.

For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an __sm becomes so involved in reaction against other __sms that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction against them instead of by a comprehensive, constructive survey of actual needs, problems, and possibilities.

The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege.In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.