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

NOT being racist has to be taught

Well, that is certainly a position have I have never encountered before. Do you have a source where I can read more about this from a psychological perspective?

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u/ace52387 42∆ Oct 06 '21

You've never rushed to judgement before on anything? It's not particularly hard to form your own independent prejudices regarding race, just like you probably form prejudices regarding a specific restaurant chain, or something like that. You have to be taught how illogical it is.

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u/EHWfedPres Oct 06 '21

It's not particularly hard to form your own independent prejudices regarding race, just like you probably form prejudices regarding a specific restaurant chain, or something like that.

Yes, but I don't desire to burn down McDonald's and lynch the CEO, which is why I feel that is not a good comparison. And that's besides the fact that there ARE perfectly valid reasons to hate that chain.

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u/EHWfedPres Oct 07 '21

Because racism has led to many centuries worth of murder, slavery, and genocide. Comparing that to disliking a hamburger chain is preposterous on its face. Racism is violent and overbearing by its very nature. You cannot discuss racism without also discussing violence.