[QUOTE=Ndomines;1799591]If any single person you know has ever said to you that they have a white friend, a black friend, an Asian friend, a Native American friend, a Jewish friend, a Muslim friend then the hairs on the back of your neck should be standing up. These statements at the onset draw a distinction. Your friend, just your friend, your neighbor, just your neighbor, your mayor, just your mayor. If a person expresses a racial description followed by the word friend then what they are unwittingly saying is that the are prejudiced.
Parrots come in a variety of colors
but in they end we just call them birds.
What if, the person saying that is not in any way filled with hate or a prejudgment? What if that person due to where they lived had little interaction with people of other cultures and races? I didn't meet anyone who was Asian until I was in my twenties. There were nine black graduates in our class of 360 in High School. They were folks like the rest of us but I am not sure where they lived.
What is it that is bad about saying anything from someone who do not mean to harm and want everyone to have equal chances at success in life?
What have people done to attempt to say the right thing and do the right thing and who determines what IS the right thing?
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