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by mcphage 3743 days ago
> How openly racist does a person have to be before they are no longer welcome in polite society?

Apparently more openly racist than "wrote things under a pen name 17 years ago".
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mchahn 3743 days ago
I don't understand why people here are granting some acceptance points because he wrote it under a pen name. How does that make him a better person?
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mcphage 3743 days ago
Better? Maybe not at all. But I was responding to the question of how openly racist a person would have to be.
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bcook 3743 days ago
(Agreeing with mcphage) Regarding "openly"... it's kinda funny that we encourage people to keep their darker thoughts to themselves. Learning is harder when you do not know you are "different".

So racism is OK if nobody is aware of it?

Somewhat related to the recent article about the CEO being fired for making honest (but offensive) statements... Silence does not seem to solve as much as an open dialogue would.

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