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Old 09-06-2005, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
But, then that begs the question of how much is fact and how much is truth and how much is reciprocated. They had interviews with older white people at the Convention Center who claimed that they were scared for their lives because the black people were threatening them. How much of that is learned behavior on both parts? How much of that is just because the people threatening them were just jerks? Racism is a fascinating and sad topic as it is so interrealted with actual real life experiences. Hopefully, one day mankind will get past it, though it has not for several thousand years.
I hope that mankind will, too, but as you said, that hasn't worked out so well so far.
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