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@FireQuacker I wouldn't give "_______ is racist" too much thought, because you can enter any noun and you'll get hits for it. Sewing is racist, hiking is racist, nature is racist, the weather is racist, cars are racist, math is racist.
In a time where calling something racist is seen as a positive thing by left-leaning groups, people are naturally incentivized to seek racism in everything.
However, I do believe that cost-benefit analysis is somewhat shaky when it comes to certain topics. For example, we could argue that it's more beneficial to let a drug addict die of overdose, than to give them life-saving medication, because it is very likely that the drug addict will not contribute a lot to society going forward. The costs do not outweigh the benefits for society.
Yet, if you ask "Should you give a drug addict, who is about to die from an overdose, a life-saving medicine?", the majority of people would say that that is a positive thing to do.
And racism can indeed play a role here. People are more likely to think more positive about people with whom they identify with, be it because of race, social status, shared experiences, etc. and think less positive about people they fail to identify with (different race, different social status, etc...)
When we hear "racism", we usually get the picture of white people disliking "non-white" people, but racism occurs in every racial group, towards all non-members. I have enough black friends - shocking, I know - who repeatedly speak very badly of white people, indians, chinese, arabs or other asians.
Japanese are well-known for thinking very negatively of non-Japanese, even other asian groups, to which they are more closely related.
In fact, racism in far-east asia is extremely prevalent. Ask any south korean what they think of china, vietnam, japan or mongolia - you won't hear many positive things.
As for InfoSec - the person who said that CBA makes no sense for InfoSec most likely falls prey to the idea of security perfectionism, that no matter the cost, a system or network of systems must be absolutely perfect, no matter the cost.