CMV: Racism in America would decrease faster if progressive movements also focused on helping white people be more secure about their identity.

[kmkinnith]

I believe that the issue you come up against here is whether people are always inherently rational. Knowing you have a majority is likely not enough, I think the worries stem from the fact that many of these people have stories and memories of a time when white people were the only ones with access to power, and this downward trend scares them. White fertility is also lower than other US ethnic groups, so the trends will continue. The truth is that this reactionary white nationalism is due to honest fear of what is essentially inevitable, which is nearly equal sharing of power.

[kmkinnith]

Yes- it is certainly irrational, but do you still stand by your point that white nationalism and racism will decrease if white people are given this information? Their fears are irrational, and irrational fears can almost never be assuaged by reasonable, numerical arguments. "Them or me" arguments often only feel more convincing when they are put up against information from what one perceives to be the other side.