Why Good People Do Racist Things

The chronic disease of unconscious bias

Jeffrey Kass
ZORA
Published in
5 min readJan 30, 2024

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three young African American crossing the street with a group of silver and black electric scooters on the corner with fallen autumn leaves on the sidewalk in Charlotte North Carolina USA
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“You realize that the number of people who are actually racist is small. Most of us don’t care what color people are.”

This is a common refrain I hear from many white people. It’s been repeated to me by conservatives and liberals alike.

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Jeffrey Kass
ZORA
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