"That awkward moment when I realized my white “liberal” friends were racists"

[Behind the Aegis]

2. It will likely never end.

I know it is pessimistic, but in all reality, it seems to be a part of the human condition. Now, will equality win out? I believe that can happen, but it will be much longer in the making.

I have been hearing over and over and over again on this board that it's "liberals" and "the young" and those with "education" that will bring about the end of racism.

NOPE! Your instinct is quite correct. "The young" can be just as hateful as the "old." I hate hearing, "I can't wait for them (meaning old people) to die off!" as if that will magically get rid of racism (or other bigotries). Bigotry is self-perpetuating because it is taught, so the only way for it to die off is for it not to be taught! As for education, consider things like climate change denial, if educated people can spit in the face of overwhelming scientific proof, then it isn't a far stretch to see people ignore or engage in racism, which is a social construct and doesn't always have "hardcore proof" to refute the bigotry. Then there is the "liberal" (or IMO, the "progressive&quot group claims will end the racism...yeah, that ain't happening either, because of two things, the need for an "other", and it is a logical fallacy (No True Scotsman) spouted as a truth.

The left of center folks need to understand bigotry, a variety of them, are all throughout our ranks, and ignoring them doesn't make them go away.