What is meant by this quote? "The American Negro has the great advantage of having never believed that collection of myths to which white...

African
Americans have never needed to subscribe to dominant myths because they were born into a harsh
reality of oppression, marginalization, and prejudice. The creation of myths is a privilege of
power; as African  Americans have never exercised power in the United States to any great
degree, they have not been able to generate the kind of galvanic, power-enhancing myths that
entrench white dominance.

Such myths, however, are seldom consciously
constructed. They develop over time, serving the needs of those who come to believe in them in
various different ways. As successive generations of white people are raised under these myths,
they lack the wider perspective on American history necessary to understand the nature of racial
oppression. In blunt terms, they have been brainwashed. People who have been brainwashed tend
not to be held responsible for their beliefs.

This is not to suggest that
white people are in any way unaccountable for racist actions; I simply mean to point out
that...