America Loves Racism. It’s the Nation’s Favorite Drug.

Racism isn’t an aberration in America—it’s the foundation. It’s the operating system, the currency, the language of power. And despite all the so-called progress, racial hierarchy is something Americans—of all backgrounds—are loathe to truly examine, let alone reject.

Why? Because America is Addicted to Racial Hierarchy.

Racial hierarchy in the U.S. isn’t just a structure—it’s an identity. It shapes how people see themselves, how they measure success, how they determine power, and how they define security.

To dismantle white supremacy would mean dismantling America itself.

To truly make racial equality real would mean many white people would lose the only thing they’ve ever had—power over others.

It would mean confronting their own deep fear that their cruelty, exploitation, and greed are universal—and that, if the roles were ever reversed, they’d be on the losing side.

White America’s Deepest Fear: “If We Lose Power, They Will Do to Us What We Did to Them”

This is the great unspoken terror of white supremacy—the belief that if Black people ever achieved real equality, they would turn around and take revenge.

This is why:

White mobs burned down Black towns that had nothing to do with them.

Entire thriving Black communities were erased from history—over 60 times.

Segregation and economic suppression weren’t just about keeping Black people down—they were about keeping white people from having to see what would happen if Black success flourished.

Because if Black people succeeded on their own terms, white America would have to confront the truth:

That the cruelty, exploitation, and violence they’ve inflicted weren’t "just how the world works"—they were choices.

If Black People Wanted Revenge, They Would Have Taken It Already.

For centuries, Black people have had intimate proximity to white life—as nannies, cooks, drivers, caretakers, housekeepers, gardeners, and laborers. If they wanted revenge, there were endless opportunities.

And yet:

There was no mass poisoning of food.

No calculated, organized revenge killings.

No orchestrated, strategic terror campaigns.

Instead, Black people just wanted to be left alone. They wanted to build, to thrive, to exist in peace.

But that was the problem—because even Black excellence was seen as a threat.

When Black towns became prosperous, white mobs destroyed them.

When Black entrepreneurs built wealth, white systems stole it.

When Black communities thrived, white people attacked—not out of direct provocation, but out of fear.

Because they projected their own worst nature onto us.

Cruelty and Greed Are Not Universal

White supremacy is built on a fundamental misunderstanding of humanity—the idea that if Black people ever gained real power, they would become just as cruel and exploitative as white Americans have been.

But history proves that’s not true.

Where is the Black colonial empire?

Where are the Black systems of racial slavery?

Where are the Black-led global institutions oppressing white people?

They don’t exist—because cruelty, domination, and greed are not universal human traits. They are specific choices made by specific people within a specific history.

The Uncomfortable Truth: White Supremacy Is Fragile, and White People Know It

America's racial hierarchy is built on a lie of superiority—but the fear that fuels it is very real.

They fear that if Black people actually got free, white people would have to live with themselves.

They fear that justice would look like vengeance.

They fear that without whiteness to cling to, they are nothing.

That’s why white supremacy can never simply "let go." It must always be actively enforced—through law, through policy, through media, through violence.

Because without a racial underclass to define themselves against, white America doesn’t know who it is.

Where Does That Leave Us?

If the racial hierarchy in America is an addiction, then what happens when the drug stops working?

Because that’s what’s happening right now—white supremacy isn’t as seamless as it once was. It’s fraying at the edges. The old narratives don’t hold the way they used to.

Does that mean a reckoning is coming?

Does it mean real change is possible?

Or will white America simply do what it has always done—

Burn everything down rather than share it?

History suggests we already know the answer.