Those in power will not forfeit racism while it serves their self-interest

Evidence

History is clear. Sacrifice, uplift, persuasion, and education have not eradicated, are not eradicating, and will not eradicate racist ideas, let alone racist policies. Power will never self-sacrifice away from its self-interest. Power cannot be persuaded away from its self-interest. Power cannot be educated away from its self-interest. Those who have the power to abolish racial discrimination have not done so thus far, and they will never be persuaded or educated to do so as long as racism benefits them in some way. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1254

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: This is the book’s central conclusion stated at maximum force: reformist tools fail because power is not persuadable out of self-interest — a paradigm-shifting claim that resists quick summary.
• XREF: connects to: Nationalist refusal to question the state serves their crafted preferences — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 229