Unbearable Whiteness

Linda Leeb
6 min readDec 1, 2020

How do you have a rational discussion about racism when mention of race is taboo?

Not long after George Floyd’s murder, I wrote a Medium piece about being called a racist for pointing out to a white guy that he was white. This still happens over and over, white people getting offended at being called white. I have observed, over the course of many online conversations, that many white people are so incredibly uncomfortable…

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