Not everyone is a little bit racist. I'm not. To be clear, that means I don't stereotype based on ethnicity, full stop. That doesn't mean I'm free from experiencing tensions caused by institutionalised forms of racism but it does mean that I'm better equipped to recognise them when they occur and take appropriate action (if required). Generally I oppose stereotypes (and 'archetypes' 
) when I encounter them.
@Jacob re. Q on skin colour blindness: I'm not blind to it. It's a useful physical descriptor and I don't find myself stopping myself from using it out of a misplaced sense of 'anti-racism'. If I'm talking about a black person, I may or may not use skin colour as a descriptor, depending on its usefulness in context.
) when I encounter them.@Jacob re. Q on skin colour blindness: I'm not blind to it. It's a useful physical descriptor and I don't find myself stopping myself from using it out of a misplaced sense of 'anti-racism'. If I'm talking about a black person, I may or may not use skin colour as a descriptor, depending on its usefulness in context.
Sum ergo sum
