Rasmussen did a bad job forming the question and they have been criticized by 538 on this particular poll.
What exactly did they criticize the poll for?
Keep in mind that something like 25% of all respondents (not sorted by race) answered "no" to it's not okay to be white. White people not thinking it's okay to be white is also nutty but it's an insight into the idea that people probably aren't taking this question literally, but the responder probably was engaging in some kind of no-literal interpretation of the question.
Yes, this is true.
There is a breed of White person who is essentially a White person with an out-group preference regarding White people. It's part of a complex virtue-signaling game progressives and some liberals play in order to show how non-racist they are.
I'm not convinced that all people were thinking of a non-literal interpretation. There are people out there who would like to wipe White people off the Earth.
Still, I can't imagine most people answering "no" to the question of "Is it okay to be black?" or some other other racial group of color. Rasmussen, if it cares to be genuine, should rephrase the question and do the poll again.
As a White nationalist, I think it is okay to be Black or any other racial group. I don't support BLM, but I still think Black lives matter. I'm completely able to separate the literal question with a non-literal interpretation.
I talked to some really racially hateful people who wouldn't be okay with others being Black, but that's precisely the type of person who answers "no" to that a question: a racially hateful one.
And yes, of course, anyone can be racist regardless of their skin color. A review of FBI hate crimes shows that black americans not only participate in hate crimes, but that they are over represented relative to their population size. Black people are just people. To think any one race is incapable of racism is itself a racist assumption.
Yes. That's the polling statistic that no one else has talked about in this thread yet, but it's also a worrying one. The counter argument that I encounter is that Black people aren't in power, hence they cannot be racist. But I also mention that Blacks can be in power, particular in parts of Africa wherein there are clear Black majorities and they hold all the powerful positions. I've never had a coherent response to that.
Imagine the backlash if someone were to say 'White people can't be racist'.