I was recently pondering on this after another HN article about 'whiteness workshops' (<a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2758198" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2758198</a>). I felt that what both these articles are saying is very wrong, and I guess it comes down to this.<p>In the UK we have plenty of immigrants who are never going to have the same life as me. Virtually every phrase he uses in this article applies to them.<p>And they're white. They're from the old communist block.<p>We also have plenty of people who are poor, can only go to bad schools, are let down by the system and end up living in crappy council flats.<p>A lot of them are white too. We call them chavs. They are just poor, not a different race.<p>So no, I am not a racist because of where I was born, or my education, or the innumerable privileges I have received. Because if the sentiments in these two articles are right, I am racist against my own colour, which is impossible.<p>I am just lucky to be born in the country I was born in. So are you. If this really made you feel guilty, go do some volunteer work. But never think yourself a racist because of poorly thought out drivel like this.