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Reminds me when many years ago a white "friend" told me "white people only talk about being against racism to alleviate their white guilt." I asked him if white guilt was really the only reason he could think of for a white person to oppose racism. He said yes. I said "What about altruism? Empathy?" He said he didn't really think that was a motivating factor.
Sometimes people really do just tell on themselves.
That's also kind of weird because, if you don't feel empathy, where is the guilt coming from? It's not impossible for it to have another cause (like religion, I guess?), but it just seems like the most common way for someone to develop it.
White guilt is often more about saving face and maintaining reputation than about the impacts of potential racism. Fragile white people don’t want to be labeled as racist.
That's not guilt, that's shame.
Shame at being called racist I guess?