Why do racists not admit they're racists?

[Anonymous]

[Syntosi]

Because we had a cultural war between racists and non-racists before and they lost. Therefore identifying as a racist today is seen as a bad thing and as a result actual racists either are deluded into thinking that can't be them because being a racist is bad or, they recognize that they are a racist but denies it because they know it would undermine them.

In other words, they can't be honest either to themselves or to us because society has already decided that being a racist is bad. Its a cowardly move from them if you ask me.

[RavVid]

Because it is a general political insult for not being woke and has little to do with racism. Not accepting there are a 101 genders can see you called racist. Having a phenotype preference can see you called called racist for not conforming to some preferred leftist agenda.

Race is not a scientific concept so racism cannot be. Other than in an intimate partner no body cares about what phenotype you are. This is not to say there is not discrimination as some aspects of a cultural group may be admired and other aspects might be disparaged.

Really the US would far better off dropping race from it's lexicon. I only use 'race' here - don't use the word anywhere else.

[_piotr]

1. Because, nowadays everything white people do or say may be considered "racist". Like drinking coffee is "racist", being punctual is "racist white supremacy" thing. The word lost its meaning of discriminating a people based on their race. It is now an empty slur thrown around by lefties in USA and Europe.

2. Another thing why people are labelled "racist" is that people have beliefs and worldviews cause quarrel with lefties wokeness. It is not that they hate people or other races, but just have morals and values usually that do not adhere to wokeness, but are rather right-wing.

People, who fight for their homeland art, religion and tradition, with illegal immigrants are considered "racist".

People, who oppose unjust "affirmative action" are called "racist".

People, who call LGBT people to submit to the Lord, because they believe in God and value truth are called "racist".

[HawkPerception]

Generalizations are based on observations of the majority. If a certain race has a stereotype, there's usually some truth to it. I have friends of all races, but there are some races I just would not LIKELY date because of what I associate with their culture. Also there are races that I find more physically attractive than others. That is a preference. Not racism.

[patois]

Do you actually know what the word racism means in the English language?

ra·cism n. 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.

In my experience, people that meet that definition are very vocal about being racists. They usually belong to groups like the Black Hebew Israelites, Black Lives Matter, NFAC, Nation of Islam, ISIS, La Raza, Aryan Nation, KKK, etc.

[Anonymous]

I'm not a racist. I just don't like the majority of people from certain races. I don't dislike them simply because they are of that race, but simply because a large percentage of the people that piss me off or bring the bad things in life happen to come from particular races.

[noohair]

Race is a 17th century pseudo-scientific theory to define humans by physical appearance. It is a defunct concept yet a widely followed construct. It is a convenient way to divide people into tribes that are easier to control by the political overseer class. There is one race, Homo Sapiens.

[KostasKouvalis]

Because racism is stigmatized in society. They don't want to have their lives ruined or not be able to get a job, or even worse, get beaten or killed.

[Anonymous]

For the same reason trolls do not admit they're trolls. a lot of trolls believe there views and actions are justified. You can't expect a level viewpoint from someone who has such a crooked foundation in which they view the world from.

[exitseven]

I don't know. Just about everyone is racist to some extent. It is the way our society is set up.

[SotiCoto]

All sorts of reasons.
Conversely, why do people call others who are not racists racist?

[andy530]

Are you familiar with Jahri’s window? They are not aware of their own biases. Many people find it hard to recognize their biases

[Anonymous]

we can start by having the liberals admit to their racism first

[Anonymous]

Because the term is so misused today. Many times when some people call a person racist, it's not really racism.

[SpeedAnswerDemon]

it's simple.

they'll get flamed.

[gorydetails]

lol. No one cares about being called racist.

[jahaims]

They know they are ignorant

[Twalli]

They don't see it as racism.