The Ills of Society, Part II

Despite all efforts on the part of my mom, who accused me of being a racist because while most of my classmates are white--referring to them solely through their ethnicity is, of course, racist of me--well, I just couldn't swallow and tell the English instructor that he was right. And perhaps that is the trap of identity politics--spending too much time focusing on our differences while we should be zoned in on our collective strengths.