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[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Yuri

It's crazy how racist the US was.

you'll still find a good deal of that underlying attitude in many circles, it's just now more commonly expressed in public with coded speech.

the old school way of guys like Orville Hubbard just outright saying in plain english "i hate black people and i won't let them live in my town" is not as politically tenable today in most metropolitan areas as it was many decades ago.

the racists have simply learned to use different words and dog whistles, but those who are paying attention can see right through it.

[Yuri]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

you'll still find a good deal of that underlying attitude in many circles, it's just now more commonly expressed in public with coded speech.

the old school way of guys like Orville Hubbard just outright saying in plain english "i hate black people and i won't let them live in my town" is not as politically tenable today in most metropolitan areas as it was many decades ago.

the racists have simply learned to use different words and dog whistles, but those who are paying attention can see right through it.

Yeah, even though racism is so common, it's so hard to understand how people waste so much time and energy hating or indulging those racist fantasies.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by Yuri

Yeah, even though racism is so common, it's so hard to understand how people waste so much time and energy hating or indulging those racist fantasies.

To paraphrase M.L. King, "people should be judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin" (or I might add any other superficial trait they have no control over). We are all related if you go back far enough, whether you believe in Darwin or the Bible. Racism is stupid and evil, or any other prejudice.