Just quickly...I'll add more later. I think racism is created from FEAR. Fear of not understanding what is different...uncertainty. Our instinctual reptilian mode has a defense mechanism attached to it...we become territorial. We don't want to let go of what we think belongs to us...what is rightfully ours. We believe, if we lose something, it will lead to more pain or suffering...again...losing is uncertainty...not surviving. Who benefits? In a more modern and complex society like we have today, I think the illusion of leadership is really opportunists who stand to profit from racism...this is also a reason racism is maintained...fear is the biggest reason, of course. Few are legit.