I shouldn't even have to acknowledge it. My family hasn't been in the country more than 80 years. I won't dignify racists by acknowledging something I am not responsible for. The logic you are presenting here is a stepping stone away from the "feel bad because you're white" everyone seems to think is okay to say. And yes, telling white children to feel guilty and force them to "acknowledge" the "crimes" their "ancestors" committed is in fact racism. I've dealt with plenty of racism as a white person growing up in a minority neighborhood as well. For some reason people think this is me "getting what I deserve" instead of the same thing you're saying these minorities allegedly experience constantly. How about how the Irish and Italians were treated? Is that also not racism because they're "white"? This is marxism's "equality of outcome" for treating an entire race like garbage because a subset of them are racists. Do not punish me because of my skin color. Do not force me to atone for a sin I did not commit. Stop shifting the goalpost on what racism is. Most importantly stay off my lawn.
Racism,bigotry, and bullying get a lot of fuel from people who stand idly by and let it happen. You seem far too comfortable in that role, and I won't excuse you just because you have a lot of excuses why you do this. No pass.
Just imagine if you were persecuted not even for the color of your skin, but what the authorities thought you were THINKING! Crusades and the Inquisition, anyone? Some serious white-on-everyone crime going on there. And they didn't just kill you outright, they pulled you apart with horses and racked you, iron maidens, and all other sorts of heinous shit.
Excellent points … Politicians - media peddling racial and political division , nothing new under the sun and they've been in control of minds and cash for decades …. stupidity again becoming a normality .