re: Does Anyone Know Or Ever Met A White Supremacist?

I don't know. Everyone (white) has that (or those) uncle(s) or grandpa who says vague-but-not-really-vague things like, "In the '40s, everyone just stayed to each other," or, "No, I'm not prejudiced. I like you if you work. I just know that every time I have trouble with my workers, it's not my white ones. We'd be better off if the Mexicans would just stay in Mexico."

And when you throw in the issue of where the line between mere observation and outright prejudice is (I argue there's more of the former in this day than the latter), the question of whether someone is a "white supremacist" becomes even more difficult.

I know outright, unequivocal supremacists exist. And I'm sure I know some of them, though I don't know that I do. But I also see that they don't really act on or express those views too much, and that's what matters most. Yes, little things like letting your daughter ride home from band practice with a white classmate of hers you don't know well versus not letting her ride home with a black classmate with good grades, no behavioral problems, etc. that you do know is a little bit racist.

But the real question is whether we as a people are getting more or less racist. And until the SJW movement of the past 5-6 years, I'd say we were getting better about not harping on needless crap that used to happen and isn't so relevant anymore. FWIW, you don't have to give up objective observations; it's what you do with those observations (and recognizing that legitimately, no, not everyone falls under their group's tropes) that matters.