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To: Lane3 who wrote (9721)	2/6/2017 3:20:39 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 358052

>> Thomas Sowell, who was recently disparaged on this thread, wrote a book in the early 80's called Ethnic America. That was my first knowledge of him. I was very impressed with how perfectly he captured the experience of the immigrants of the time. Love Sowell's books, but have never even noticed this one. I just ordered it although I have no idea when I'll read it lol.

To: Lane3 who wrote (9721)	2/11/2017 6:06:29 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 358052

No one seemed to think them any more different than any other ethnic group. But that might be very meaningful if other ethnic groups were looked on very unfavorably. Or it might just be that they where so segregated that there was only one black family close by, and one family wasn't enough to cause a negative reaction. If a dozen other families moved close by you might have gotten it. My experience in New York, is more recent than yours in New Jersey (but still not very recent anymore). I didn't see institutionalized racism, but I saw more casual racism there than I've seen in the South (even discounting Northern Virginia as not being really "south", I've been in almost every southern state if not for as much time). Of course that might have more to do with change over time than difference between places. Perhaps there isn't so much casual racism in New York in 2017 as compared to the 70s and early 80s.