Originally Posted by
Grinder
You're right, nothing screams "pervasive racism in our land" quite like a twice elected a black POTUS (with a name like Barack Hussein Obama, no less), who was not a popularly elected POTUS despite his being black, but was a popularly elected POTUS largely because he is black.
Fact is, pervasive racism is an illusion, a divisive hot-button issue continuously perpetuated by opportunistic media sensationalism and politicians pandering for resources and votes.
How is it that the label "racist" has become such a powerful condemnation of individuals and society, in a land of such "pervasive racism?" Those whom routinely label individuals and society as racist only do so because they know full well that said individuals and society are not at all substantially racist - that is why it works. The label "racist" has become perhaps the single most devastatingly effective cudgel to manipulate, silence and condemn decidedly non-racist individuals and society.
While the vast majority of individuals and society nowadays are not at all demonstrably racist, and neither routinely think nor act along racial lines, there appears to be no shortage of openly racist individuals aggressively pushing all manner of regressive racist nonsense such as "critical race theory," etc.