Reply #82: Speaking of someone who needs an education ....

[kwassa]

Your education in the area of racial relations is sadly lacking.

I do think that you are truly ignorant in this area, because you don't know the history of the word "bred" in relation to this subject. Rather than educate yourself, you declare yourself not a racist. You might not think yourself racist, but your statement already has been perceived that way by several other noters, including myself, due to the historical connotation.

The expression "born and bred" is in itself archaic; criticizing someone for a lack of breeding is long gone and smacks of classism, of those who look down on others from a presumed position of superiority.

This is the 21st century in America, not Victorian England.