Kad je Američka Psijatrijska Asocijacija upitana kako to da rasizam nije bolest, oni su odgovorili da je to problem društva.The association (American Psychiatric Association) rejected the recommendation, arguing that because so many Americans are racist, even extreme racism in this country is the norm — a problem for culture to solve, not medicine.
http://ideas.time.com/2012/05/04/is-racism-an-illness/
U konvenciji UN-a stoji da je rasizam naučno (i svim ostalim segmenima) pogrešan, pa ako jeste, zašto se ne dijagnosticira kao poremećaj.According to the United Nations convention, superiority based on racial differentiation is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous, and there is no justification for racial discrimination, in theory or in practice, anywhere.
Primjera radi, kao poremećaj megalomanije / NPL (Narcisoidni poremećaj ličnosti):
S obzirom da se i ideologije poput nacizma, rasizma, fašizma itd. baziraju na istom principu iluzije vlastite superiornosti, ne individualno nego masovno s toga i većoj opasnosti, u potpunosti bi se mogla uklopiti u ovu definiciju megalomanije / NPL.Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity, mentally unable to see the destructive damage they are causing to themselves and to others in the process.

