Q: Why is racism a religion?

A: “As a religion, racism shares all the essential characteristics of every other religion (secular or supernatural).  Thus, racism has its own:

(1) Sacred realities, which take on the form of a tangible object (such as a Confederate flag or Nazi flag) or even a person (e.g. Adolf Hitler or Elijah Muhammad). …”

~ Samuel Koranteng- Pipim, Must We Be Silent? : Issues Dividing Our Church, p. 324