During the civil war 380,000 whites and 40,000 blacks died fighting for the union army for freedom for all. Calling white people racist is an insult. Originally Posted by OilrigI think everyone's bigoted. (Using "bigoted" because some people argue you can only be "racist" if you have power over people, and that's why some people "can't be racist"). But bigotry comes in many forms. It's not all burning crosses in lawns.
I think infantilizing people because of their being different than you is just as racist as being outright hostile to them from being different than you. They both operate out of the assumption that someone is lesser because they are different.
Racism, bigotry, etc. has been around forever and is not going anywhere, and if anything, trying to apply rule of law to it only emboldens it further.