Disclaimer: The original link to the article isn't working, so I am basing my opinion on this matter on information posted by others.
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Originally Posted by jorgelito
While we may not think it's racist, apparently some people do. I think it isn't a bad thing to honor that and at the very least have some sort of dialogue. The wounds of racism are deep in this country, it will take some time to heal. And that's ok.
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I disagree. People have a right to their opinion (including the opinion that some activity is offensive or racist) but the rest of society has no obligation to take these opinions seriously. And automatically giving credibility to anyone with a complaint sounds like a great way to drastically increase the number of complainers.
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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
I live in Florida now, but my people reign from Gawgia, honey pie. 
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I'm glad you understand. We seem to have developed a knee-jerk under-reaction to racism against blacks. It's a cultural thing I don't quite understand. |
Is this alleged "under-reaction" specific to Florida, or is it happening all over the USA or even the world in general? My experience has been that the racism mostly likely to receive an under-reaction is bigotry against white people. That's not to say that bigotry against blacks is never ignored or that every instance of bigotry against whites becomes a major issue, but it seems to me that white people are expected to tolerate a lot more mocking and mistreatment than non-whites before their complaints are considered legitimate.