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I don't know why it's so hard to just accept that racists - no matter what they are or who they don't like - do not constitute the majority of our population.
I wish that were true, but I think that a pretty solid majority of our population is racist, to some degree. I don't think that necessarily means that they consciously dislike a certain race and/or consciously believe themselves to be superior. With many people, it's much more subtle than that and they don't even realize they're doing it. For example, if someone acts/speaks differently around a black colleague than around a white colleague because they've subconsciously made some assumptions about the person based on their race, that's still racism...even if they don't mean to do it.
I don't think this kind of racism is necessarily even a character flaw. It's just a human foible, that people should be aware of so that they can correct it when they catch themselves doing it.