This landed in my email a short time ago, it’s mind boggling to believe this could still be happening on a college campus in 2007. Below is part of the University of Delaware Office of Residence Life Diversity Facilitation Training manual used just this last August. The full document can be found here.

“A RACIST: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination. (This does not deny the existence of such prejudices, hostilities, acts of rage or discrimination.)”