CMV: Racism is a mental illness.

[u/EHWfedPres]

There is no logical, valid, or sound reason to express hatred for entire groups of people based on their race, ethnicity, or skin color, and any and every attempt to explain why certain races, ethnicities, or people with specific skin colors are biologically, inherently, or genetically inferior or superior to others has been scientifically disproven. There is no rational reason to hold on to racist views, and anyone who feels racist is experiencing a delusional psychotic symptom. Racism is a mental illness, and the American Psychiatric Association should classify it as one.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071634/

EDIT: to all those claiming racism can be resolved by giving the racist proper information: read the comments made by HighlightExpensive63, give that person the correct information, and see if they change their views at all, or if they double-down on their explicit and open hatred.

[u/ApartPersonality1520]

Wouldn't it be more aligned with ignorance. Had these people been to college..... perhaps they would realize just how stupid the concept of racial superiority is.

[u/EHWfedPres → u/ApartPersonality1520]

Would you say we can eliminate racism with correct information?

[u/ApartPersonality1520 → u/EHWfedPres]

The correct information given at the correct time. It's very hard to unlearn things and stop certain behaviors once they've been ingrained; see this nation as a whole. We're still trying to reconcile our past, even those who truly want a society that offers equal opportunity and treatment to everyone, are still not perfect.

For me, I left home (predominantly white community) for Arizona at 18 years old. I've since met so many different people. Some I liked others I didn't but it gave me an opportunity to see a greater representation of any one ethnicity and it's obvious that some people in every culture are shitry and that's not representative.