And the problem Lebrok is that these are the type of racists that are so insidious and ultimately do the most damage.
People like Angela have this (conveniently) loaded, blown up, exaggerated notion of what it means to be a Racist, that it can only come in the form of wearing white robes and burning crosses on people's lawns or wearing a swastika and sending millions to the gas chambers, when the reality is that "small r" racism is far more pervasive and destructive in that it's better disguised (more systemic and institutional) and often cloaked in dubious rationalizations (being anti-political correctness, wanting protection from "terrorists" and "thugs" who just so happen to be brown).
And when we combine implicit bias, which is the mind’s way of making uncontrolled and automatic associations between two concepts very quickly and a healthy human adaptation that we all possess, with race, racism and racist acts are what oftentimes emerge. The implicit associations we harbor in our subconscious cause us to have feelings and attitudes about other people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, age, and appearance. These associations develop over the course of a lifetime beginning at a very early age through exposure to direct and indirect messages. In addition to early life experiences, the media and news programming are often-cited origins of implicit associations. Instinctively crossing the street (out of fear) when one sees a group of young Mexican men assembled on a corner may be an unfortunate byproduct of one's socialization and acculturation, but when one uses their bully pulpit to publicly (and falsely) declare that most Mexican immigrants are criminals and rapists that should be refused entry to the country, we've gone from implicit bias to explicitly inciting bigotry and prejudice, which is most certainly Racist. Though I think many Americans and many Trump supporters are "small r" (read: implicit bias) racists, Donald Trump, himself, is a Racist. He may not wear a white robe or a swastika, but the people who wear the white robes and swastikas see him as their hero and savior. There is no way in hell that this can be explained away as something other than what it is--racism. Trump chose to appoint Steven Benen, a rabid anti-semite, misogynist and xenophobe and proud proponent of the "alt-right" to the White House, and yet some here would have us insult our own intelligence by saying that Trump isn't racist. Give me a ******* break.
What's interesting LeBrok is that the majority of Trump voters were not struggling white people scared about their personal economic outlooks--though more under/uneducated than other key demographics, they still made above average incomes. But what they were more concerned about was the economic outlooks for their children and subsequent generations, believing that their progeny would be dealt a lower quality of life, in large part due to immigration and "others" taking their jobs. Ultimately, everything comes back to a sense of entitlement and fear of losing that power to those who don't look and believe the way they do--it's pure bigotry, selfishness and covetousness. I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for them. Or maybe I should? I don't know.
If a child has been told his entire life that he is the most attractive, the smartest, the best at everything (for no substantial reason) and throws a massive temper tantrum when the neglected kids start to get a bit more attention, does one coddle and cater to the tantrum or does one let him roll around on the floor until he grows up and accepts that the sun, moon and stars don't revolve around his being and that there is more than enough attention to go around for everyone? I suppose it must be difficult for those who believe themselves to be the chosen ones to have to reconcile with the fact that they were never chosen, just lucky (on the backs of others), and that pretty soon they will no longer possess the lion's share of undeserved privilege. It's not the child's fault that he was spoiled but he will nevertheless have to suffer the "rude awakening." I suppose one blames "the system" and rules and institutions that falsely empowered him.