After reading the article about racism it really opened my eyes to a lot more about racism that I do not even think about. I have never considered myself a racist but after reading this article I guess I would be considered a passive racist. There are a lot of people that would be considered passive racists because I know I am not the only one. I think that there are a lot of these types of people because they do not know what to say about it or that they even need to say anything. There are a lot of people that feel that they do not have the power to do anything about racism and that even if they did try to do something, no one would listen to them. I have also never thought about the advantages of being white compared to the disadvantages of being colored. There are a lot of things that white women do not have to worry about. We are looked at differently and treated differently. I have never thought it to be very fair that only white people are called racist and there are colored people who act racist too. I have never heard the definition that only white people can be racist because in order to be racist you have to be gaining something out of it. I guess that would kind of make sense but not exactly. It is also sad that people develop internalized oppression. They grow up thinking they can never be as good as someone else so then they do not even try.