Reply #15: Anybody who doesn't recognize the persistence of racism is

[Lydia Leftcoast]

choosing not to look and listen.

Back when I was working temp in the 1980s, I used to get sent out to manufacturing plants in the far outer suburbs. I'd make a comment about how out in the boonies the plant was, and people would say, "We don't want any (racial epithets) applying for jobs here." Then at lunch they'd sit around and talk about how lazy black people were, and they never appreciated my pointing out the contradiction.