And his mother isn't any better when it comes to racism herself [1], and her father (=Elon's maternal grandfather) Joshua N. Haldeman was not just an outspoken Apartheid supporter, but a conspiracy peddler and White Nationalist [2][3].

Musk's entire family is rotten to the core if you ask me, it's a surprise he could put up enough of an act to credibly convince liberals for well over a decade that "he's a good one".

It's actually been a topic here on HN before but found very, very little resonance [4].

[1] https://www.aol.com/elon-musk-mother-sparks-backlash-1701291...

[2] https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000263400/elon-musks-fr...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_N._Haldeman

[4] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Some of this is covered in the 'Books could kill' podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elon-musk/id1651876897...

it is quite entertaining, considering the subject matter.