I'm a liberal who supports all the right causes on the side of race — civil rights, integration, and busing.

I don't say racist things. In fact, I haven't said the N-word since I was a child.

Since my freshman year of college, I have done a careful examination of political issues and hold allthe correct and woke opinions about gun control, mass incarceration, and police brutality.

I'm so glad that I never have to consider my place in society again, since I'm one of the good guys. I used to be the person who was called out for not being progressive enough. Now, I'm the one who calls other people out for not being progressive enough, especially people who harbor implicitly racist ideologies.

I'm glad I'm not them.

I'm glad I can't possibly be racist.

Because after all, I'm not a conservative.

I voted for Obama. Not once, but twice, and I would have voted for him a third time. School segregation is a travesty and my heart goes out to kids not getting an adequate education in inner-city schools. But I want what's best for my kids, so I'm sending them to private school. The school even gives out scholarships for poor families, so there's bound to be some black and Hispanic kids there, which is good because I want my kids to have that kind of exposure.

I'm not racist because I'm colorblind, and I treat everyone the same — with respect. I swear, I don't think about color when I navigate everyday life. When I walk through a high crime area, I promise that I don't notice race. I'm just trying to keep myself safe and street-smart, so I lock my car door a couple more times.

I am innocent.

I have good intentions.

I donate to the ACLU and the SPLC.

I have a poster of Martin Luther King and have his quotes in my e-mail signature. Some of my best friends are black. Did I mention I would have voted for Obama a third time?

I'm a champion for racial equality. I know that people often compare the plight of black people to that of the Irish, Italians, Jews, and Chinese. A lot of people say that these minority groups worked their way up to overcome prejudice and that black people should do the same without special favors.

But that's ridiculous — have you heard of how systemic racism has historically made it almost impossible for black people to succeed?

We're fighting for what's best for black people. I just can't believe that the majority of black Americans voted for Biden over Bernie.

It's even more ridiculous that some black people are conservatives — that they don't know what's best for them. Isn't it a shame that they buy into internalized racist ideas?

It's a shame that so many white racists in the South don Confederate flags. The places we live are much more racially forward than the South — cities like New York, Chicago, and California.

How could cops be so brutal in the South? How could people be so racist in the South?

Sometimes, we need to employ tough measures in our predominantly liberal cities. Stop and frisk and zero-tolerance drug policy are just what we need to keep our cities from turning into murder central ghettos. It isn't perfect, but to achieve justice, we need to do it gradually, with order.

Black Lives Matter is a great cause, but some of the protests go too far — like the ones who disrupt meetings, stop traffic, and are overly confrontational with politicians who are doing the best they can. These acts are only hurting the cause — because they're going to foment a white backlash.

You know what needs to change? Places like Stone Mountain in Georgia with Confederate monuments and the rest of the South. They need to learn from progressive, liberal, and diverse cities like New York, a place that's not racist, where everyone has equal access to schools.

I wish more white Americans were liberals, like myself, who are friends and champions of racial justice.

Aren't we all just doing the best we can? I'm so glad that we live in a country where we have free speech and can talk and write freely about these topics.

I'm a liberal so I couldn't possibly be racist.