SOMETIMES IT IS NECESSARY TO HEAR IN ORDER TO LEARN AND CORRECT THINGS:
At first the ordinary person lacking any form of real world experience in these matters may have an initial reaction of "Defensive Denial". But if you step back fo ra moment and invest some time to both research and ponder over the matters mentioned you will see that Professor J Small is pointing out something that is ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
This same madness does exists and has existed for a very long time. Additionally just as he rightly pointed out it is a "Legacy" of eurocentric interaction problem. But you see for those raised and groomed in these ways you lack what it takes to see what you do. Professor Small is NOT your enemy nor is he putting you down what he is doing is bringing to the fore a very important matter that those who are labelled as "black" NEED to start addressing largely through the process of "DISCUSSIONS" (Not Argument, nor stupid "Debates" nor even in flimsy "Conversations" but in real productive DISCUSSIONS).
If you find what you hear Professor Small saying something that makes you "Uncomfortable" then that is a sure sign that YOU are the problem and the "Habituation" of the very thing he has pointed out and as such it needs you to start with what you see in the MIRROR because that is THE PROBLEM.
Having been uniquely exposed to many of these things over close to a 40 year period I long experienced these things that Professor Small has put into descriptive words here and have also long put in the effort to understand the WHY of it as well as ways of remediating it over time. These are NOT easy issues but are NECESSARY issues that NEED addressing so the sooner the more astute amongst us un-stick their heads form the sand and invest a little energy into seeking lasting solutions to cleaning up these stifling blocks the better.
TIP: Only a fool immediately pulls out defensive denial on something it knows very little about or shares very little expereinces on. A wise man first stops to think with the 5WH thinking framework approaching the issue with as much objectivity as possible. You are an ignoramus if Defensive Denial and head-burying is the ONLY stand you can take.