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Originally Posted by katie_ann1031
Now, I am from a liberal Northern background,
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So. . .are you insinuating that people from the south are inherently racist?
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so I have not seen the whole picture, but from what I did see,
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It depends entirely on what group of people you're looking at. Detroit recently had huge racial disturbances that were sparked because some horse's ass decided that all black people are in gangs and are making trouble on his street.
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there doesn't seem to be as big of a problem with race anymore.
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In this you are correct. We no longer have slavery, nor do we force black people to drink out of different water fountains or stay out of "good" restaurants.
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With that in mind, it is possible that in a few generations we will not see each other as Jewish Americans, African Americans, Italian Americans, Mexican Americans and such, but just see each other as Americans.
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I certainly hope so. But it won't happen until ALL people of ALL races stop worrying about something as stupid as skin color.
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I am white, but I went to school in New Mexico, so I actually had a dose of being the minority. But it was usually at the hands of an older generation.
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Well there ya go! I worked in the Albuquerque market for several years and noticed that racism isn't quite such a problem in New Mexico as it is in other places. Probably because anyone stupid enough to be openly racist is going to find themselves in trouble from a LOT of representitives of the other races.
Not that racism has been completely eliminated, mind you, but there isn't nearly the problem of "oh shit, cross the street, he's mexican" that there is elsewhere.
New Mexico has also figured out that you can accept other races, not care what race someone is, yet still celebrate cultural diversity.