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I did not think that there was any modern relevance to race either, as I had the luxury of growing up in a very racialy diverse area. for this reason i was also against affirmative action, as I believed that race should in no way be a factor in jobs, schools, or anything else- then I visited my then fiancee- now ex wife's home in a very isolated part of the appalacian mountains- where anyone who is not white is refered in derogatory terms- pretty much by anyone there- If someone is not a W.A.S.P. then there must be something wrong with them- I honestly had not believed that this kind of racism still flourished in the U.S. - I still feel that Idealy, we should all fill out "Human" on our forms, as Greytone suggested, but seeing that kind of behavior in every strata of society there made me rethink a lot of things regarding race relations.........
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