For White people, the first experience is what they usually undergo. It’s a scary, painful, and sobering revelation, and not at all “coddling.” These processes aren’t serving up smiles for Whites, they are pulling back the curtain from things we’d be more comfortable not knowing about ourselves. Like Anna says, “No care if you’re not aware.”

For the White guy who know he’s racist, but then says “There’s nothing I can do about it… it’s implicit!” Mike is right. But for most White people, when we learn about implicit racism it’s a real slap in the face, and it leaves a deep psychological bruise as your egalitarian self-concept is totally devastated. Not coddling.

Anyway Jennie, I know you already know what I just wrote because you heard it in person. I just wanted to see what other people think about it.