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America is still obsessed with racial segregation
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<blockquote data-quote="Bradskii" data-source="post: 77490445" data-attributes="member: 412388"><p>Quite right. It can be 'us two against those two' or 'our country against theirs'. And every step in between. And every mixture of people you can possibly imagine.</p><p></p><p>What I don't get is the argument that says that it's wrong to say that we're all racist. People bristle. 'Hey, some of my best friends...' You have to start with that understanding, and the acceptance that you yourself have those tendencies, and work from there.</p><p></p><p>I remember going to watch my grandkid playing rugby. He mentioned one of the guys in the team with whom he was friendly. He pointed to a group of kids. 'Which one?' I asked. 'The one wearing red socks'. Out of 5 or 6 guys, he was the only black guy. But he differentiated him by his socks. That's great, I thought. He's colour blind in that repect. But...at some point he's going to encounter racism. Do we just let that happen? Or do we prepare him for it? It's a reasonable question to ask.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bradskii, post: 77490445, member: 412388"] Quite right. It can be 'us two against those two' or 'our country against theirs'. And every step in between. And every mixture of people you can possibly imagine. What I don't get is the argument that says that it's wrong to say that we're all racist. People bristle. 'Hey, some of my best friends...' You have to start with that understanding, and the acceptance that you yourself have those tendencies, and work from there. I remember going to watch my grandkid playing rugby. He mentioned one of the guys in the team with whom he was friendly. He pointed to a group of kids. 'Which one?' I asked. 'The one wearing red socks'. Out of 5 or 6 guys, he was the only black guy. But he differentiated him by his socks. That's great, I thought. He's colour blind in that repect. But...at some point he's going to encounter racism. Do we just let that happen? Or do we prepare him for it? It's a reasonable question to ask. [/QUOTE]
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