Are many autistics racist?

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After seeing certain threads over time I'm wondering if there is a significant proportion of AS/autistics who hold racist views. Or, to use their language, are very concerned about "preserving white heritage" (and/or "preserving the white race").

Or is there a "silent majority" who thinks/feels otherwise?

I'm imagining controversial views are more common here due to less concern about the social pressures of holding such views, and are probably a more accurate reflection of what society thinks. OTOH, does social difficulty functioning in the world tend to foster such views? Or is that irrelevant? Black & white thinking or empathy a factor? Or extreme views just tending spark a lot of discussion?

Despite my extensive arguing about "racism and doublethink", I'm not actually racist and don't hold racist views. I do see everyone as equal until they prove otherwise themselves. But I think that preserving culture in general is important, and not just white culture; Every culture is valuable and should be preserved. But I don't see skin colour as a factor in preserving culture, an Indian girl can be as British as a white person imo. But I think if someone moves to a country they should adopt that culture, as I don't like the idea of national cultures being diluted to the point that visiting england is the same as visiting france, apart from the language difference

We're increasingly in a multiracial society. It's not going to change all that much. I don't worry about it.

I will not comment on what autistics think, but do not believe whites are the only ones who are racist.

I'm not sure how that one translates into racism. As in, if the person speaking wants to see all races go on, is it racist for them to refer to the challenges of their own group?

I think what's really being referred to is that, since it seems like a long shot to most people, its something they could only imagine a fringy giving enough thought to in order to even be worried about the ongoing of the white race. That sometimes makes it likely but doesn't create a direct link between wanting one's race to go on and a person being a racist.

There is no "white heritage" as such. Heritage is an artifact of cultures and nations, not groupings according to skin pigmentation.

ruveyn

Nope I don't consider myself racist in fact I cringe whenever anyone makes blunt generalizations about a group of people.

Although I'll have to say I think I sort of know where Claire's coming from in other aspects.

There are very few if any people who are "pure" white/black/asian whatever. Nearly everyone almost certainly has someone of a different race in their background (it wasn't all that uncommon for a light skin black person to pass for white.)

Race is just an environmental adaptation. It has nothing to do with intellect, creativity or anything else. It's only skin deep. There's no such thing as "keeping the race pure". Almost no one has a pure ancestry as most of us have a mix of this and that in our gene pool. People of different races have been interbreeding for thousands of years.

I like everyone no matter what. Racism is stupid and intolerant.