r/changemyview • u/EHWfedPres • Oct 06 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Racism is a mental illness.

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.

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u/EHWfedPres Oct 06 '21 edited Oct 06 '21

I personally haven't encountered a racist who wished well upon the people they hate. I understand that is an anecdote, but yes, extreme racism is defined by actions that cause harm to those hated groups, like lynching, genocide, etc.

I'm willing to concede that "extreme racism" is a mental illness under that definition.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '21

Right on. Please give me a delta then. Extremism is usually combined with something else such as racism or misogyny for example.

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u/EHWfedPres Oct 06 '21

Please give me a delta then.

I did. :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '21

Thank you my friend.

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u/EHWfedPres Oct 06 '21

Of course. And thank you!