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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (142191)	8/8/2010 1:40:59 PM
From: Paul Smith	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 540882

It seems like if a person is a white sheet wearing KKK racist (like Robert Byrd literally was) all that person has to do is say, "I'm sorry, I take it back" and all is forgiven. The person is then labeled a great statesman by many. Obviously Nazism is over yet comparisons to it continually get made in political discussions/debates and people still draw cartoon images of Presidents made to look like Hitler. It is all way over the top and an inappropriate exaggeration IMO. You've probably heard the line that the first person to bring up Hitler or Nazis is the one that has lost the argument.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (142191)	8/8/2010 1:50:11 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 540882

I would say people have publicly rejected overt racism, but privately people can be pretty racist with people they feel comfortable with. I see less of it from liberals than conservatives, but people still seem to bond over jokes about other ethnic groups, and talk about other ethnic groups. They just don't do it at work, or with people they do not know. IMO teens are probably a lot healthier in this regard than adults. Teens seem to be actively rejecting all racist classifications, and actively mocking most of them, as well as mocking the do-gooders who try to undo racism with more race consciousness (the kind that is divisive rather than inclusive). Whether they can maintain their racial non-bias in to adulthood is another question, but maybe they can. It will be a better world if they can. Just as we can only wait for the gay bashers to die off, the same may be true of the supremely race conscious and race sensitive. Reforming people who really truly feel there is something "wrong" with other races may be a lost cause- especially if they practice their bigotry in secret with people who reinforce their prejudices.