

You’re right. Racism is a tough drug to quit. To quit, it starts with recognizing one’s own racism. Sure, some racists know and are even proud of their racism. But most racists don’t know or understand how racist they themselves actually are. They think “Well I’M not racist!” and then think voting for the racist candidate is unrelated.
I think most Donvict voters fall into two camps regarding racism: 1) They’re too naive to recognize that donOLD was/is a racist or 2) They don’t recognize their own racism. There’s a minority of them that are knowingly or blatantly racist.
Sounds boring. Probably why it’s effective!