> Old white man raised in the American South makes me think he's likely to have a bunch of racist attitudes. So, he is likely racist because he was born in a c

> Old white man raised in the American South makes me think he's likely to have a bunch of racist attitudes. So, he is likely racist because he was born in a certain place and time. Doesn't that notion itself seem racist? Yes, he might have been. But it is not kind to say someone was "maybe bad" (everybody is "maybe bad" after all), without stronger grounds to stand on.