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<blockquote data-quote="Almost there" data-source="post: 72062174" data-attributes="member: 403354"><p>Actually, I agree with you. However, "racism" takes many forms, and I'll give you an example:</p><p></p><p>Back in the mid-1960's, Job-corps had moved into our small town. We were getting ready to rent our home out because my dad had gotten a job in Seattle, and my parents had put an ad in the paper. One day they were going out and left me with my siblings at home. I was just out of sixth grade. </p><p></p><p>They told me that if anyone called on the house and they sounded colored, tell them it's rented. Now, I was old enough to question that, and my parents not only had never shown racist tendencies, but I DID have a very racist uncle who came from Mississippi that they were always using as an example of why it is important to not be racist. So I asked them why tell black people it's rented. </p><p></p><p>I'll never forget their answer (my paraphrasing as I didn't have an audio recorder with me at the time): If we rent to white deadbeats that don't pay their rent, we can kick them out. If we rent to colored deadbeats that don't pay their rent, it is very difficult and time consuming to get them out and we don't want that hassle, nor the loss of monthly income while its being contested. </p><p></p><p>So, they were making a decision based on race, but they were not racists. Rather, they were acting in their best interests based on the racism inherent in the system at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Almost there, post: 72062174, member: 403354"] Actually, I agree with you. However, "racism" takes many forms, and I'll give you an example: Back in the mid-1960's, Job-corps had moved into our small town. We were getting ready to rent our home out because my dad had gotten a job in Seattle, and my parents had put an ad in the paper. One day they were going out and left me with my siblings at home. I was just out of sixth grade. They told me that if anyone called on the house and they sounded colored, tell them it's rented. Now, I was old enough to question that, and my parents not only had never shown racist tendencies, but I DID have a very racist uncle who came from Mississippi that they were always using as an example of why it is important to not be racist. So I asked them why tell black people it's rented. I'll never forget their answer (my paraphrasing as I didn't have an audio recorder with me at the time): If we rent to white deadbeats that don't pay their rent, we can kick them out. If we rent to colored deadbeats that don't pay their rent, it is very difficult and time consuming to get them out and we don't want that hassle, nor the loss of monthly income while its being contested. So, they were making a decision based on race, but they were not racists. Rather, they were acting in their best interests based on the racism inherent in the system at the time. [/QUOTE]
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