They are the perfectly rational people who await the arrival of a robot god...
Note they are a mostly American phenomenon. To me, that's a consequence of the oppressive culture of "cliques" in American schools. I would even suppose it is a second-order effect of the deep racism of American culture: the first level is to belong to the "whites" or the "blacks", but when it is not enough, you have to create your own subgroup with its identity, pride, conferences... To make yourself even more betterer than the others.
There is certainly some racism in parts of American culture. We have a lot of work to do to fix that. But on a relative basis it's also one of the least racist cultures in the world.
Note they are a mostly American phenomenon. To me, that's a consequence of the oppressive culture of "cliques" in American schools. I would even suppose it is a second-order effect of the deep racism of American culture: the first level is to belong to the "whites" or the "blacks", but when it is not enough, you have to create your own subgroup with its identity, pride, conferences... To make yourself even more betterer than the others.