Individuals generally fall under 4 categories:
- Race Man
- The race man is decidedly and consciously anti-racist and employs a credible anti-racist praxis as part of his moral integrity.
- Average Joe
- does not want to be racist, but is not decidedly anti-racist because of a faulty or non-existent anti-racist praxis. In countries with a history of racism, the average Joe is more likely to become a bigot. In America, I believe most people fall into this category. This is problematic because such a person is responsible, in a democracy, with the conduct of public affairs. as well, a person lacking an anti-racist praxis is apt to lack the discernment necessary to determine whether racist appeals are being made to them. Such a person, in an environment of racism is ill-equipped to recognize or combat the evil of racism and may end up supporting it without knowing.
- Bigot
- is a racialist with definite opinions which they defend on as their own. Often such opinions are extrinsically racist.
- Supremacist
- is a self-aware intrinsic racist either actively or passively in agreement with an identifiable supremacist ideology.
The question then on the issue of institutional racism in America hinges on extraordinary Americans' commitment to devote open and forward effort to identify and combat it. Democracy becomes what will the electorate do to combat it. Of all the major forces in our society, it is democracy which holds the greatest promise in combating institutional racism.