The title of this thread is meant to divide. The op herself opened up a debate which shifted the focus way from BLM.
A better title would have been “Black Lives Matter can we all work together to make a change?” if the OP really wanted to focus on the BLM movement. She would have received positivity and support from the vast majority of people on this thread.
However on the theme of can white people experience racism...
From the op’s own google search:
“When someone tells you that you’ve said something offensive or racist, they are often trying to tell you that what you’ve said has caused them pain. Blanket denial (‘that wasn’t racist’) is not a great way to respond. If you accidentally kick someone and they say, “you kicked me,” do you say “no I didn’t?” Most likely, even if you didn’t realize that you did it, you would apologize. That’s the best way to handle accusations of racism. Apologize, knowing that you are biased and you probably do make assumptions based on race or gender or any number of other factors. Then, reflect. What did you say that caused them to react the way you did? Perhaps that person did you a favor by making you aware of an unconscious bias.
A few years back, I used the term “paddy wagon” in conversation. One man in the group said, “That’s actually a racist phrase and you might want to stop using it.” I promise you that my first instinct was to say, “I’m not racist!” Instead, I said I had no idea it was offensive, asked him some questions, and learned that “paddy” is a slur once used to describe people from Ireland, and police vehicles were often called paddy wagons because the stereotype was that Irish people were criminals or policemen.”
So as many people have said through their own accounts white people can suffer racism. Does that mean that we shouldn’t be all standing together and fighting for black lives? Hell no. Black lives matter.