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I think understanding the history of racism why it's attractive to the masses is a great start in continuing healthy discourse over the politics and economics o

I think understanding the history of racism why it's attractive to the masses is a great start in continuing healthy discourse over the politics and economics of the matter. You might think that there is no merit, but you can only convince others to rid themselves of racist ideas if you understand where they are coming from.

mikece 6y ago
"What is the dignity of a human being?" and "Who is a human being?" are the two questions that fundamentally undermine a racist. It's quite possible that many racists hold their opinions out of ignorance rather than malice so an open debate is an opportunity for meeting someone in dialogue and remedying their ignorance. Those who are exposed to the truth and reject it pass over into malice and those people are their own worst enemy: leaving them in their self-inflicted echo chamber of rage is the worst possible fate that could befall them. It's not what I hope for racists, but I do pity those who end up in such a state.
GaryNumanVevo 6y ago
> but you can only convince others to rid themselves of racist ideas if you understand where they are coming from. Absolutely disagree, the appeal of racism is well understood, it's only effect on society is to subjugate people, separate along racial lines. > healthy discourse over the politics and economics of the matter. "healthy discourse" implies that there is some kind of equivalency between racist and anti-racist, to believe that is to be willfully ignorant of situation and power structures which exist in the US today.