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Originally Posted by Aramike
I dont completely agree with this. Indeed, there is racism, but it's not more prevalent than people believe - in fact, I believe the opposite to be true.
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But, the actionable symptoms of racism are no where NEAR as prevalent as they used to be.
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Only because being openly racist is as unpolitically correct as you can get in todays society. To be openly racist, would discredit everything one would have to say. However, gagging the opinion, doesn't make the opinion go away. I have lots of stories about seeing racism in places and ways i didn't expect to see it, but i don't expect relating those experiences is going to sway any opinion on this matter.
( that said, I know more then a few people who voted for McCain, PURELY for the reason that they didn't want to see a N****** in the Whitehouse..)
The main reason i respond to this thread at all, is this dismissive attitude to racism by some posts in this thread, which strikes me as unrealistic. Now I'm not saying every political opponent, or any sizeable percentage thereof to the Obama administration is racially motivated, but i am saying racial bigotry in the US is more common then most people think, or would like to acknowledge.