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On the average individual level, which group is more racist in the US?

white people
38.3%
black people
28.9%
they're equal
32.8%

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Eric w/ one wild life

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Racism is not primarily a psychological phenomenon, but a system of disparities that can maintain itself even if most people want to be "fair" or don't actually have any individual bias. It also requires prejudice + power. I think what you are asking about is more "bias"

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merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rac I was mostly using the dictionary definition

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Even Merriam Webster has admitted their definition of racism is woefully inadequate and needs to be changed: nytimes.com/2020/06/10/us/

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That's so sad.

4:35 PM · Jul 3, 2020

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It’s necessary. We learned a long time ago that our racial problems are systemic and often subtle. As such, usage of the term has become more accurate, nuanced, and therefore more useful Grad students in relevant fields have been using the word this way for many years now

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