Let me preface this by saying that I agree that the writer’s statement is WILD. A baby? However, I think the both of you are operating from different definitions of racism. You speak of individual acts of racism i.e. someone calling someone else the n-word or telling an Asian person they should “go back to their country.” They seem to be speaking of systemic racism and the structures built centuries ago that allow a white person (even a baby, I guess?) to benefit from white supremacy and have a leg up against POC. Those two opposing definitions aren’t compatible. They would look at your argument and think it’s pandering and reductionist. You would look at theirs and think it’s crazy and reductionist. Personally, I don’t believe that all white people are individually racist (I haven’t met all the white people in the world) but there is systemic racism that white people are party to whether they are active participants or not. I’m not sure I’d extend that argument to children but I imagine the writer did it to be inflammatory and get other people talking (and writing) about their work. Great article, gave me a lot to think about.