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Originally Posted by Titus2woman
As a Latina who 'passes' as white (light skin, no accent, married to a white guy) I can promise you that racism is alive and kickin' in this country. It is not the 'problems of the past' that are at issue... it is the problems of today. Most people are, at their core, racist. And I've had a birds eye view of just how people who claim to not be racist act when they are with their 'own kind'.
Sadly enough, the church is the last bastion and stronghold of racism. It seems that only in church is it just OK to have no one in attendance of another color.
I think better markers of measuring your sincere acceptance of other races as equal are to ask yourself why you do not now or did not (if you did not) date across racial lines when you were single, why you attend a church that is at least 90% your own color, live in an area that is not racially mixed or send your kids to school with kids that all look like them... Because if you do these things, chances are you are part of the problem, not the solution and no amount of saying how you believe that people are equal will change that.
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I don't believe this is actually fair.
If the school is under-performing, that is always a consideration for any parent. As a matter of fact, every Realtor knows this is a consideration for a family looking to purchase. It's not always based on skin color.
I also don't think it is fair to enforce a dating prerequisite on anyone - date outside of your race. Why is that so important to keep up race relations? Why don't we just allow a person to chose their mate and teach being friendly? After all, it is a Christian virtue.
If you are following God's will for your life, what if that church has a larger percentage of one color over the other? If where we worship is where we believe God has sent us, do we then blame God?
A lot of factors, i.e. job availability, could be involved in where you live and work.
And finally, I feel a very good percentage of Americans want to help their neighbors. That has shown to be true during disaster situations. Hey, even NYC stop honking their horns for a few days. LOL!
I believe a better part of America is not racist. I believe people are offended by boorish people, which can easily be misconstrued for being a racist. I am not racist against illegals. We know quite a few honest illegals here on work visas, but I don't like criminal illegals. Big difference.
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