> in a culture where all white people are guilty for slavery, this mindset makes sense to me
Not all white people are guilty of slavery, and virtually no one thinks that they are.
Essentially all American white people continue to materially benefit from a long history of systematic racism in America [0], including slavery, state-mandated and state-tolerated post-slavery subjugation and segregation. Heck, many living white Americans are direct beneficiaries of overt discrimination in public programs, not to mention systematic, coordinated private discrimination.
People who oppose acknowledging the latter point like to set up the former as a convenient strawman.
[0] which is not to say all are in a good absolute position, or even not structurally disadvantaged on balance; systematic racial discrimination isn’t the only structural bias in American society.
Not all white people are guilty of slavery, and virtually no one thinks that they are.
Essentially all American white people continue to materially benefit from a long history of systematic racism in America [0], including slavery, state-mandated and state-tolerated post-slavery subjugation and segregation. Heck, many living white Americans are direct beneficiaries of overt discrimination in public programs, not to mention systematic, coordinated private discrimination.
People who oppose acknowledging the latter point like to set up the former as a convenient strawman.
[0] which is not to say all are in a good absolute position, or even not structurally disadvantaged on balance; systematic racial discrimination isn’t the only structural bias in American society.