Lies about race and labor are communicated in ways optimized for belief

Evidence

Into 2006, the producers of racist ideas were arguing that the charges of widespread discrimination in New Orleans, and in the United States, were fabricated or overblown. The United States was color blind, and the Black people charging discrimination were lying—they were playing their race cards. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1204 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Although uplift and persuasion and education have failed, history is clear on what has worked, and what will one day eradicate racist ideas. Racist ideas have always been the public relations arm of the company of racial discriminators and their products: racial disparities. Eradicate the company, and the public relations arm goes down, too. Eradicate racial discrimination, then racist ideas will be eradicated, too. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1256 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Color-blind rhetoric reframes discrimination claims as fabricated race-card plays. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 1204; Individual authentic cases can be exploited to lend credibility to a generalized racist lie — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 572; Racist ideas were produced to rationalize and normalize existing discrimination — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 203 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The layered structure of belief makes totalitarian lies foolproof against exposure #expands (0.88)
• Color-blind rhetoric reframes discrimination claims as fabricated race-card plays. #exemplifies (0.85) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1204
• Racist ideas function as propaganda for racial discrimination, not its cause #expands (0.85) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1256
• Individual authentic cases can be exploited to lend credibility to a generalized racist lie #expands (0.82) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 572
• Racist ideas were produced to rationalize and normalize existing discrimination #corroborates (0.80) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 203
• Cordial racism works by erasing race as a category and denying harm #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1798
• Post-racial claims actually deny ongoing racism rather than racial identity #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 147