Individual racism and prejudice exists against white people. Every one knows that.

The problem is not everyone knows that. They should. But there are ideological cults claiming to be leftists that translates this...

That doesn't mean there is systemic oppression of that group.

Into "kill all white people", "kill all men", etc. While on the reactionary side people have started pushing back with „kill all feminists“, „kill all muslims“, etc.

This sort of extremist thinking is dangerous and the complete antithesis of anarchist thought and the principles of leftism. It's why the centrists & right calls us all fascists. Especially when these krass judgements are selectively applied to the point of irrationality (eg only shame white men but ignore muslim men).

Systemic & especially patriarchal oppression does exist and must be countered. But its existence is not a justification to throw everyone who can be ever so loosely lumped in the same category into a superlative blame-group. This is why mainstream westerners are „sliding right“ and why it's so hard to convince moderates that leftism is the solution. Because the only narrative they see (as presented to them) is the extremist one. And the left is doing nothing to distance itself from those voices - in fact they're embracing them and doubling down.

The method to address such issues is to target specific people and institutions with direct action & activism, not broad swathes of the population, while in turn educating the general public with pointed, positive messages and an inclusive strategy – not extreme rhetoric that drives anyone not already convinced away. This sort of collectivist and reductionist thinking is not only ruinous for PR but frankly disgusting.

It's exactly this that's made me and many other leftists I know shy away from supporting mainstream narratives despite the fact we see systemic and race/gender-based oppression around us all the time. Because, judging by the loudest narrative of (say, feminism, as embraced by the left), the goal is to blame all men and all whites (which covers most people I know) rather than single out specific issue and address those (eg sending unsolicited dick pics is wrong, groping women is wrong).

Most people can quite easily get behind a no-dick-pick or no-groping campaign. They can't get behind a kill-all-white-men campaign. Neither can most women I know, who think their „equality“ movement is a joke and want nothing to do with it. That's how bad the left's PR is; fellow leftists are jumping the boat because the narrative is so irrationally extreme that they cannot relate anymore, specifically because it isn't addressing specific concerns that are relevant in their lives.

The left, by and large, has utterly failed to understand how activism works or how the moderates they desperately need on their side think. They've failed to address the very real issues people want solved and have instead devolved into blanket accusations and extremist campaigns that virtually no one not already snared in the group-think understands.

That, and the massive issues it's causing for leftism in general, is the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about.