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Mmmm, casual racism.
Edit: All the downvotes are due to white guilt.
I have been told that isn’t a thing here because you can only inappropriately focus on someone’s race if they are part of specific racial groups whoch is somehow not racist.
The real answer is that "white" isn't really a race. It's a socioeconomic in-group that exists to other those who aren't collectively agreed to be a part of it. Over time, a formerly racialized group may achieve "whiteness" via assimilation, like the Irish, Italian, and Jewish populations in America.
There isn't really any race other than the Human one, anything after that is arbitrary fuck-assery to hate on each other.
What you described about whiteness is how fascists view whiteness.
My comment is basically saying the same thing as your first paragraph, just in a more academic way. If it sounds like a fascist take on it, that's only because fascism is built on taking advantage of humanity's inherent in-group/out-group dynamics.