Racism in Today's Society

The previous post on this blog regarding an interview with Morgan Freeman got me thinking. As I started looking through articles and news stories online, I noticed that this was not the first time racism had been discussed solely because there was a fear of being seen as racist, and in discussing it, had created even more incentive for racism to occur. The link below is a story about an employee at the Toronto Women's Bookstore at Harbord and Spadina, who participated in a workshop which helped to expose your "inner racist." Her self realization at the end is quite interesting- take a look:

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/White+guilty+Whiteness+workshop+helps+expose+your+inner+racist/2758198/story.html