I also think there's a lot of "performative bigotry" that can happen sometimes where people aren't as bigoted as they make themselves appear, but they're trying to fit in with their local community.

Not to say that they aren't racist at all, just that for some people it seems to be largely performative. Like a gang member getting a swastika is often just as much about being "Yo bros I'm a Nazi like you" as is it actually being a Nazi.