As a general rule, I assume that racism is probably not a motivation for most things. Not that it *can't* be, only that it's culturally inflated to the point where I automatically adjust downwards. There's *lots* of other often-worse motivations for things that aren't racism.
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And it can be extremely hard to figure out how to knock down the false caricature without also knocking down the important truths inside of it. Lots of people get reactive and aren't interested in preserving any of it. It's a really hard, triggering, and messy process.
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Yep. Humans are not as rational or enlightened as we like to think. We're deeply tribal creatures. We love a story that centers us as underdog protagonists with a villain to fight. The problem is when complex social phenomena gets used to push narratives around group guilt.
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