Racism is a very powerful belief system.

-isms of all kind are powerful. But the most powerful are those that give the believer a distant group of people for them to blame for all their troubles, which are often self-inflicted.

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anonymous_user9 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you saying that calling people racist is the worst bigotry?

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mitxela 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

no they're agreeing racism is bad

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zmgsabst 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

False accusations of racism (and similar moral slander) is the first step in dehumanizing an outgroup.

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solid_fuel an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> False accusations of racism (and similar moral slander) is the first step in dehumanizing an outgroup.

Accurately describing the racism that motivates the politics and actions of a group is the first step in addressing the way they dehumanize their opponents.

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bix6 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Pretty fascinating dem vs rep split. Dems say everyone experiences racism. Reps say white people experience it.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how...

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zmgsabst 2 hours ago | parent [-]

We must be reading different charts — the only one I can see has consistent numbers among Republicans (50%) but high numbers for Democrats (90%) except for Whites (20%).

So your characterization is completely wrong: Republicans mildly think everybody does, while Democrats deny white people do.

	▲	bix6 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		We must be on different planets since America and its institutions are majority white. > 94% of Democrats say Black people face at least some discrimination, compared with 54% of Republicans. 90% of Democrats say the same about Hispanic people, compared with 54% of Republicans. 83% of Democrats say Asian people face widespread discrimination, versus 51% of Republicans. By contrast, Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say that White people face at least some discrimination (55% vs. 21%).

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maxerickson 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

More likely something like describing Trumpism.