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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Since racism is evident in every society we know of, and since humans are not perfectible, racism will always be alive and well (as will murder, abuse of children, theft, etc.). Progress can only be measured in degrees.
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I dunno, ritual human sacrifice was fairly common across various societies and we seem to have done a pretty good job of stamping that out. You love to talk about "Better Angels of Our Nature," and I seem to remember a portion of that book talking about the civilizing effect on norms. I think if we continue to treat racism and racists as the vile thing it is/they are we can get to the point where even if it still exists, it's relegated far enough to the fringe that the impact is neglible. However a big part of that has to be calling it out when we see it and not giving a pass to the more subtle and insidious forms because they lack intent.