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Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

Technology has changed a lot but human beings as emotional creatures have remained pretty much unchanged.

A lot of people are racist. I'd argue the majority of people are racist even today. But people are good at keeping their thoughts to themselves and not saying something unpopular out of fear they will be ostrasized. The racists who are violent people usually don't care if it's known that they are racist and are vocal in their opinions which is propably why you think racists are by their nature violent people.

Not at all, attitudes have changed hugely from when other races were considered to be inherently backward and inferior, and impinging on the civilisation of the West. And yes actually I would say racists in the 19th century were prone to violence because they used it as a tool of oppression.