What would you describe as passive racism? I feel like racism for the most part (there's always crazy people somewhere) is an old person's problem. In society in general, in the workforce, among younger people, etc. it's viewed as incredibly taboo.majority of white people don't have to be virulently racist anymore, they can take comfort in being passively racist because of the virulently racist work their forefathers put in to create the society we live in today.