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8 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Monday 3/14/05 - 9:26:16 AM EST (GMT-5)
It can be if it is so deeply woven in by poeple around you.
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Moswen
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8 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Monday 3/14/05 - 2:05:04 PM EST (GMT-5)
If you do sociology A level you'll learn that most people who are racist would be offended if you accused them of it. This suggests that it is mostly unintentional. But our teacher talks a load of BS most of the time.
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psycho22
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8 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Monday 3/14/05 - 3:01:58 PM EST (GMT-5)
Sure, kids may be brought up not knowing any better and continue a cycle. As well kids today who are mostly not racist, too an extent, will not know any better if a improper word is used. Also I believe that peoples perceptions of racism need to change as well. The next generation may not mean anything by a word or a comment but an older generation may take great offense to it. Time will only tell how much change will occur. Besides racism is dwindling.
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uraniumsex
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8 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Tuesday 3/15/05 - 10:40:07 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yes, I'm sure alot of it is unintentional. Alot of little kids don't know better if they're parents tell them the wrong things. Alot of older people don't know either. Unfortunately, alot of people are just ignorant and don't know any better.
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8 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Tuesday 3/15/05 - 10:43:35 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yes, it is with little children, especially if they've never been exposed to people of a different race than their own.
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subsac
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Tuesday 4/5/05 - 4:34:41 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yes, now days it seems like anything you do or say has some racial undertone to someone.
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Tuesday 4/5/05 - 4:38:41 PM EST (GMT-5)
Sure--I was walking through the Hispanic part of town and the lady selling tamales on the street wouldn't even think about asking if I wanted to buy one even though she asked every Hispanic walking by. I'm sure that she didn't do it because she hates white people or intended to be racist...
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8 yrs ago - Thursday 4/28/05 - 11:48:03 AM EST (GMT-5)
of course it is.
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Si_905
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8 yrs ago - Thursday 4/28/05 - 5:25:32 PM EST (GMT-5)
Sometimes, it depends on the context of the remark or action
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babydevil4
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7 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Wednesday 7/20/05 - 10:56:19 PM EST (GMT-5)
my mom often, without realizing it, locks the car door if we're stopped at a light in the bad part of town and a black or hispanic person walks by. I know she doesnt mean to, but I get very annoyed
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7 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Wednesday 7/20/05 - 11:18:45 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yes, people are socialized in a racist environment and absorb those prejudices without thinking critically.
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7 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Wednesday 7/20/05 - 11:20:01 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yes.
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7 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Wednesday 7/20/05 - 11:33:32 PM EST (GMT-5)
^^^care to elaborate?
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saraluvskay
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7 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Wednesday 7/20/05 - 11:36:47 PM EST (GMT-5)
that is called ignorance
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