“I feel it is my life duty to inform myself, reshape my thinking and feelings. So if you are white and reading this comment you need to watch her video at least once to "get' what I'm talking about.”

Thomasgaila, those two sentences took me back – hard. Usually, I separate myself from the pack and don’t take generalizations personally. But this time I did. I took what you wrote personally.

Maybe it’s a function of getting old, but I’m out of patience with assumptions. Would you mind telling me, what made you think that everyone here is exactly like you?

Please, do not mistake me. I do not want to discourage you. I want to encourage you to continue working on yourself. However, I urge you to keep your enthusiasm in check and remember you are just beginning to confront the damage racism has done in your mind and your life.

I wonder, is this video the first time you’ve listened to a lecture by a black instructor? If yes, that explains your enthusiasm. Anything new always feels exciting. It happens all the time to students who suddenly find themselves really engaged with a subject. That’s the reason I caution you, to keep your enthusiasm in check. You are a long way away from instructing people on racism.

In the future, it would help if you gave people a little context. For example, you could tell us when or why or how you began to feel it was your life duty to inform yourself [on racism]. Without giving people some context, you might as well be talking about the newest fashion. Remember, this isn’t some hobby class. We’re not doing crafts. We’re talking about real people. We’re talking about children. We are talking about the way some adults treat children.

While I sincerely hope, you will find my comment helpful, several indications in your comment suggest you will take offense. Either way, assumptions are the poison fruit that grows on the vines of stereotyping. Confront the reason, you just stereotyped complete strangers and you will go a long way towards understanding when and how and why the seeds of racism were planted in your own mind. If you dig deep enough, you can find the roots and pull them out.