I could be wrong, but my best guess is
that almost every human being today is a racist. They may not admit it, even to
themselves, but tribalism and in-group/out-group preferences are so hardwired
in the human psyche as to make it highly unlike that most humans are not
racist.
What
is actually hardwired into the human psyche is not racism, it is in-group group
preference. But in-group preference is both very strong and very easy to
trigger by even extremely small differences, making something as distinctive as
racial distinctions (in either/both appearance or behavior) a convenient and
likely trigger.
Most
people today deny being racist, but they are probably wrong about their own
true inner feelings and have almost certainly not deeply examined the most
secret feelings (i.e. their shadow). Either that or they have
excised/numbed/encapsulated that part of themselves that prefers their in-group
… which in most of today’s world equivalent to being racist.
The
evidence for this is everywhere.
Just
look around with an open mind.
Just
look deeply inside yourself.
For
a person to notice the reality of their in-group preferences is not a problem
as long as they do not use the feeling to justify discrimination. All people
should be treated as kindly as possible and judged solely by the content of
their character. Those people who are not aware of their racist feeling are
more likely to be discriminatory that those people who understand their out
true nature.
Yes!
Racism still exists in America, but it is NOT systemic!
After
all, we are ALL, without exception, basically just self-centered,
large-brained, hairless apes! We cannot escape entirely from our basic nature,
and it would a form of suicide to try. Something inside would have to die for a
human being to cease having an in-group preference.
Response To Being Called a Racist
1. Yes! I am a racist! Everybody is a racist! The people who claim they are not racists are either liars or they are deluded … not in tough with their true feelings … they have numbed part of themselves.
2. I am NOT a racist! I treat everyone as an individual and I respect them according to the content of their character.
3.
Are the races interchangeable or are there fundamental, behavioral and cognitive differences (ON AVERAGE!!!!) that interfere with compatibility between the races? All human races can interbreed so we are all the same species, but so can all dogs interbreed any yet there are massive differences between dog breeds both physically and cognitively and behaviorally. If the differences between different dog breeds applies to the differences between human races, then integrating the races might encounter serious evolutionary obstacles.