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Racism, bigotry, anti-semitism, etc,....is an interesting topic from where it stood in the past to where it has evolved to.

When in the past large groups of people had negative opinions of blacks, asians, jews,...these opinions were largely ignorant or had the bandwagon type mentality associated with it. In other words, people were racist because they were told to be as such,whether quietly or otherwise.

Things have changed now due to globalization. The workforce in any field is reminicent of the United Nations by it's employee base. People now see others as equals more often then not and also and are less discriminatory. Of course there will be pockets of people who are vocal champions of racism, and those who are tight lipped about it, but generally racism is on the decline and has been for years.

This is where cultural and ethnic groups step into the now world of racism, bigotry, anti-semitism etc,.....When numbers are down of racist incidents, and when such events happened, the screams are deafening. Everybody has to know what, when, where, who said what and on and on. Not that this is a bad thing, but what happens is the past get's being brought up and regurgitated ad nauseam. People say enough, we don't want to hear about it anymore, stop beating us to death with guilt. And if you say that, well you are a racist and are turning a blind eye to racism, just like ones descendants.

But enough is enough. If a black is openly called a nigger, the thought of disgust should echo through us all. But do we need the history of segregation, Martin Luther King, etc,...jammed down our throats to make us understand more clearly? No. We are smarter than that. When anti-semitism rears it's ugly head, do we have to be reminded of 6 million jews who died in the Holocaust? No.

But we are reminded of such because it is profitable. In other words, it would be a hard sell to accuse those who are victims of perpetrating racism for monetary cause, but if the slightest event of racism, or percieved racism enters the fray, those apparently being victimized don't waste a second running the gambit to the nth degree.

Should they be quiet and bite their tongues in the face of indifference? Of course not. But to profit from victimhood and to be everlasting victims and dare I say revel in it for any type of gain, creates an indifference towards those so inclined because they are using the system that no matter what, will always deem them victims. And to speak as I have will get you labelled at the least as insensitive to the worst, a racist, which in my books is one of the most overused words that, to many, has lost the real value in it's truest sense.

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" In Canada, you can tell the most blatant lie in a calm voice, and people will believe you over someone who's a little passionate about the truth." David Warren, Western Standard.