"listen to the tapes"

This is one of Doug Schaupp's suggestions in Being White. He's talking about the "tapes" that play in our minds all the time -- the little comments we think as we see other people. Usually the volume is turned waaaay down, so we hardly even notice them, if we hear these thoughts at all.
Turn it up.
Listen to what you're saying about people.
Ask yourself what those thoughts mean, and ask yourself why you have those thoughts.
...Especially about people from other races, cultures, or ethnicities.
Next step? "Embrace the conviction."

I've been listening to the tapes a lot more lately. It's shocking. It's horrifying. It's shameful.

Schaupp offers this encouragement, though: "the Spirit brings conviction when he is ready to bring tranformation."

Bring it on.