Thank you for your thoughts. I agree that the power balances in the system vary, but I don't think that creates weirdness for us in assessing oppression. I agree with you that the minority is capable of a similar fault of oppression, and that is why I am characterizing the issue as personal bigotry plus power to act leads to systematic oppression. I grant, as you point out, that it is unintuitive to say a bigot is not racist, but the formulation of "everyone can be racist" seems inadequate. Much of my unease with that formulation is the implicit assumption that everyone is racist. I think the system has a great deal of responsibility for racist oppression, because if the system is not supportive of racism then individual acts of bigotry are not supported and encouraged and will more likely be dealt with in disapproval. What I suggest is not perfect, but I am hoping it stimulates thought and discussion.