I don’t think people realize that “racial prejudice” or racist ideas about any racial group do not cause racism, they conserve racism. They cause people to use their power to fight other people rather than power and policy. Whatever breeds common ignorance and mutual hate conserves racism. Whatever breeds notions of racial hierarchy conserves racism. That is the function of racist ideas: to conserve racist power and policy. Any idea that conserves racist power and policy is racist. An individual conserving racist power and policy is being racist.
