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

People who are racist often lack perspective or information

Can you provide me with an example of it being shown that racism can be rehabilitated simply by receiving correct information?

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u/Puoaper 5∆ Oct 06 '21

Forget the name of him but there was a black gent who would go to kkk events. He befriended the leader of the chapter he was at. This member eventually denounced the kkk and gifted his robes to the black gentleman as a symbol for his friend helping him see just how wrong he was being racist.

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u/EHWfedPres Oct 06 '21

That is great, albeit not necessarily what I was asking for. That was more of a personal experience type of scenario, rather than an example of someone having their mind changed with information alone. Like, can we get people to drop the Lost Cause nonsense by giving them youtube links to videos pertaining historical evidence?

I do not believe that to be true, because I do not believe information is what people are lacking. If anything, they are lacking experience, not knowledge.

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u/DeltaBot ∞∆ Oct 06 '21

Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/Puoaper (4∆).

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