In rationalist circles, you might find out that you’re being instrumentally or epistemically irrational in the course of a debate—the norms of such a debate encourage you to rebut your opponent’s points if you think they are being unfair. In contrast, the central thesis of this book is that white people disputing their racism is a mechanism for protecting white supremacy and needs to be unlearned, along with other cornerstones of collective epistemology such as the notion of objective knowledge. So under the epistemic conditions promoted by this book, I expect “found about being racist” to roughly translate to “was told you were racist”.
In rationalist circles, you might find out that you’re being instrumentally or epistemically irrational in the course of a debate—the norms of such a debate encourage you to rebut your opponent’s points if you think they are being unfair. In contrast, the central thesis of this book is that white people disputing their racism is a mechanism for protecting white supremacy and needs to be unlearned, along with other cornerstones of collective epistemology such as the notion of objective knowledge. So under the epistemic conditions promoted by this book, I expect “found about being racist” to roughly translate to “was told you were racist”.