Extreme Racism Analysis

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This article explores the idea of extreme racism being classified as a mental illness. Sparked by the shooting of nine black people at a church in Charleston, S.C by a young white man named Dylan Roof, the author looks into why many psychologists and mental health experts today are reluctant to let extreme racism fall under the umbrella of mental disorders. One argument supporting this unwillingness to deem racists as mentally ill is that being racist is not a rare thing – in fact, it is a learned behavior that all of society has internalized to some extent. The article states that affiliates of the American Psychiatric Association believe that although morally wrong, racism is normalized in society and therefore should be thought of as a
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