The redefinition of the word ‘racist’ freaks me out. We went through centuries of rationalizing it any way we could to finally figure out that ‘discrimination based on race’ was a horrible thing regardless of justification. But redefinition is just another justification! 1/
I've spent quite a bit of time reading the actual pro-slavery arguments from back in the day. I can tell you, pretty conclusively, that's not how they thought.