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Just some factoids...nothing much to contribute to the discussion.
German immigrants were discriminated against in the US, as well as the Irish. Especially so after the outbreak of WWI.
If you are white and want to know what it feels like to be hated for the color of your skin...you need only to go so far as SW Louisiana.
I think there is a difference between discriminating amongst the races (which isn't always a negative thing) and racism. And there is a difference between personal discrimination and systemic racism. We seem to discuss them here as if they are part and parcel of the same thing. I really don't believe they are.
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