Racism permeates the life of every black person, even if they don't realise it. We, blacks, find ourselves defending it, explaining it, exploring it etc. Why? Why should we? There are at least two sides to every discussion, but when you find yourself defending it or pretending it doesn't exist or you tweet a picture of a chimpanzee suggesting this is a royal baby or you hold a slave auction in your school and you defend your actions because you didn't know what you were doing, we know that racism is alive.