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Old 07-05-2020, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Windguy View Post
I believe you missed the OP’s point.

Mention of the White Power video only set up the question. The issue raised is that there IS a lot of racism in America and the OP was asking what turns a person into a racist. Why do people cross the street when the see a minority coming towards them? Why do they say “I’ll wait for the next one” when waiting for an elevator? What instills this irrational fear in people?
One more question.........why do prisons have higher ratios of blacks to whites when there is a much lower percentage of blacks in our population?
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