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In general, I think the film “I'm Not a Racist . . . Am I?” is a successful independent film that touches upon one of the most long-existing human/social issues in the United States, namely the Racism. To start with, I really appreciate how the film differentiates the individual bigotry and systematic racism, which definitely sheds light on a much more precise way of defining racism for us. Apart from that, in the film, when I was first introduced to the revolutionary thought “All white are racist,” I had a really hard time to process it and put my agreement upon this seemingly shocking statement. However, after finishing the whole movie, I totally agreed with it--since the current system of America is in the power of the whites, and it is

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