Nope, it's mostly because some in the HN audience fail to recognize "Emperor Has no Clothes" situations mostly due to indoctrination and a refusal to truly thin

Nope, it's mostly because some in the HN audience fail to recognize "Emperor Has no Clothes" situations mostly due to indoctrination and a refusal to truly think things through. It is astounding to see how otherwise intelligent people fall pray to some of the most obvious ideological manipulation. I can only ascribe it to youth and lack of life experience. I mean, here we are actually lending credence to the idea that the US is a racist society, when in reality, the vast majority of Americans are not. At all. This is utter nonsense promulgated by political actors that benefit greately from minorities, racial and ethic groups being angry at "America". Having these groups remain angry, poor and disenfranchised is a strategic political goal aimed at creating large voting blocks. After elections they are dropped on their heads because improving their standing in life would lose them votes. This is sick. And this isn't limited to the US. Your profile says you work at Facebook. If this country is overwhelmingly racist, how many of your coworkers would you say are racist? 50%? 25%? 10%? I mean, you have over 10,000 coworkers from all walks of life. Surely there are a bunch of fucking racists in there since the USA is such a racist nation, right? How about at Apple? Google? Tesla? SpaceX? Surely Microsoft, don't you think? No, your shit doesn't stink. The racists have are "those" people. Over there. The old couple living on a farm who own three shotguns. The fucker who watches Fox News, she is a racist, yeah, every las one of them! Or is it more likely that the correct explanation is that racists (who are despicable pieces of shit) might be just as abundant as rapists, child molestors, murderers or criminal thugs. In other words a very small segment of human manure that is the sad reality in any society. The vast majority of the people in this country are good honorable people. You, your parents, siblings, extended family, circle of friends, their families and friends, etc. Chances are most of them are great people who don't hate anyone and would not hurt a fly. Yet here we are lending legitimacy a pile of bullshit pushed forward by a sick ideology that uses people like pawns for political gain. If I am wrong, please, pray tell, how many people in your family and life are racist? Surely your family, friends and coworkers are no different on average from similar circles around the nation. You see, when you slow down to think a bit and bring things down to a relatable level the perpective is quite different. Does racism exist? Of course. Is it rampant? Of course not?