You could say that, unquestionably, racism is one of the hottest issues of 2020.

Let's dissect it philosophically, if we can :)

Let's start with the most basic and move outwards. If I miss anything, please post it in the comments below.

1) Racism is bad, because it hurts blacks and minorities - physically and emotionally. (if you believe white people can be included, please say your response. I will probably only direct these points at blacks and minorities).

2) Racism places blacks and minorities in worse off social, educational, and economic situations.

3) Racism creates a hostile, dangerous, and drug ridden environment.

4) Racism creates a poor environment for young girls, leading to domestic violence and prostitution.

5) Racism bars blacks and minorities from entering well-off areas like better jobs, healthcare, education, and housing.

6) Racism teaches whites to be socially degenerate. It encourages whites to become violent, hateful, mistrustful, leading to an overall social decline in society.

7) Racism prevents intelligent blacks and minorities from contributing to the arts, sciences, technology, literary, and other fields.

8) Racism suggests that blacks, who make up only 13% of the population, are responsible for a lot of problems in the United States, including crime, violence, and social degeneracy.

9) Racism teaches us that one race is superior to another, simply because that race has certain qualities not found in another race. For example, the quality of lighter skin.

10) Racism causes cultural wars, leading to some kind of a civil war.

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So how do we approach racism? For what reasons should we stop being racist?

I guess one could say that the reason we should stop being racist is for some or all of the reasons above. In general, racism hurts a lot of people. But there is a problem here. We don't actually know that the external world exists. So when someone says the N word, a person could say that they are dreaming and has uttered the N word in his dream. So why should they stop uttering the N word, if they have no real reason to believe they are hurting anyone.

For this reason, I believe only a solipsism-tian argument will suffice against racism.

But what would an extreme solipsism-ist say? Perhaps they would say that they don't believe they are hurting anyone by being racist. However, even if I am not hurting anyone by being racist, I should still not be a racist because it will help me develop good moral qualities or a better mind. In other words, I only know that my mind exists, therefore, I should perfect it. Being racist would mean a less perfect mind. Therefore, I should be a non-racist to achieve a more perfect mind. (for example, I wouldn't hurt any other living creature, like a parrot, just because it possessed different physical and mental qualities)

What do you guys/gals think of this argument? Do we actually "truly" know that we are hurting anyone in the external world by being racist? Even if the external world hurt us back, like a black guy punching you in the face for calling him the N word, we still can't be sure if it's just an illusion. Albeit, it would still hurt.

Perhaps avoiding pain is another good argument for not being racist. Like a black guy punching you in the face or maybe even a more serious injury.

I guess the other argument is: even if the world is just an illusion, that doesn't mean I'd jump from a skyscraper, because based on my previous sensory experience, I know that would hurt.

However, here we can resort to Hume-ean doubt, that the past gives no indication of the future. So technically, again, one could say that uttering the N word in front of a black guy does not necessarily mean that I would experience pain. Nonetheless, even a solipsism-ist would experience the paradox of avoiding extreme pain in the external world. However, in an absolute abstract sense that disregards our extreme fear of pain, the Hume-ean argument would hold, i think.

For these reasons, I think we are left solely with a solipsism-tian argument for not being racist.

Comments? Thoughts?

I understand that this is a hot issue, so there may be a lot of negativity about my thread, which is fine.