Today in class, we watched a video on the difference between “not racist” and anti-racist. The speaker, Ibram X. Kendi, said that the heartbeat of racism is denial and the heartbeat of anti-racism is confession. To be anti-racist is to admit when you or someone else expressed racist ideas. Racist is not an identity but a descriptive term. You are not defined as a racist, but you may have expressed a racist thought. By admitting our racism, we can start building our anti-racist minds. Neutrality is not enough. We have to be willing to acknowledge we were wrong and change.