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by fowlerpower 3559 days ago
Rich white people?

I resent that comment. There are white people that border each other that hate and kill each other. Russia and Ukraine comes to mind. The United States and Russia comes to mind as another example of two predominantly white countries.

Racism happens because people are ignorant. Has very little to do with "Rich white people" and very much with ignorance that exists in this world.

I will agree that racism seems to be especially prevelant against immigrants in this country. That's something I also attribute to ignorance.

Anyway, I don't want to get into preaching. However, I really wish you would see that your comments are just as inflammatory as the racism you are condemning. You won't solve racism with more ignorant racism.

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I did not mean to offend or generalize--there are many people of the same race around the world that dislike each other. I believe everyone is inherently racist--it might be an evolutionary trait (Terror Management Theory comes to mind where the thought of death cause certain people to become subconsciously sectarian), but it doesn;t suit us very well anymore in modern society.