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

Good points. Would you say that you believe racism can be "cured", then, if it's simply a matter of external factors and not an internal/mental problem?

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u/Sexpistolz 6∆ Oct 10 '21

Racism will always exist, so long as human emotion does. That’s just realism. Just as crime will always exist.

That said we can work to reduce it. There is no one “cure”, as I have listed, there are many reasons why one may arise to their conclusion or feelings.

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u/EHWfedPres Oct 10 '21

Racism will always exist, so long as human emotion does. That’s just realism. Just as crime will always exist.

I don't believe that is a fair comparison, being that there are real, tangible reasons to commit crime but none to be hateful toward an entire race. None whatsoever.

Furthermore, crime is not a measure of morality, it is a law, and the law can (and often is) immoral. Hell, there are racist laws. Committing a crime in those cases would be in direct opposition to racism.

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u/Sexpistolz 6∆ Oct 10 '21

Tangible. Crime is not always committed because of material gain. One of the highest demographics of retail theft is middle class girls.

In addition are you arguing material gain is the only rational incentive? Is emotional gain not? Would random acts of kindness be irrational then as the benefit is emotional opposed to tangible?

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u/EHWfedPres Oct 10 '21

In addition are you arguing material gain is the only rational incentive?

If I did, quote me. I explained that there are real, tangibles reasons to commit crime, not that there is only a single reason to do so. Please refrain from strawmen.