I think we give racist cover by defining racism by how they feel about other races and not the impact of the policies they support. That's been a failure of discourse. If you support racist structures (political, economical, social) you're a racist.
That being said I understand the challenge of calling out friends and family to this truth. It shuts down discourse and forces them into their echo chamber where they can feel good about their choices or even better feel like the victim.
There's definitely some nuance if you want to have any chance of reaching them. I'd like to think they are such a small minority that we can call a racist a racist and shun them until they reform but sadly that doesn't seem possible.
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