Indeed.
I sometimes say that while it isn’t at all the same, to get the slightest sense (as a replacement-level white dude) of what it’s like to experience full-on racism, just ride bikes around typical US cities and towns for a while and try to engage in civic conversation about your needs as a cyclist.
It’s not at all the same. To be clear! But you will actively perceive people leaning hard into racist thought patterns about this non-racial thing.
