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MyshkinCommaPrince

(611 posts)

7. It's not gone.

Reply to MightyMopar (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 01:19 AM

Jan 2013

It isn't gone, but if many in our culture now assume it is no longer an issue, do we need to find new ways to discuss the topic, to keep it constructive? Umm. I'm not sure what that would mean, in practice, and that's just an abstracted thought possibly brought on by an excess of coffee. It just seems like it would be sensible to try to adapt, if the point of any discourse on racism is to help move matters forward.

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Because Obama has been elected twice, does that mean racism is in the past? [View all] MightyMopar Jan 2013 OP

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It's not gone. MyshkinCommaPrince Jan 2013 #7

Link? nt Romulox Jan 2013 #8

No JReed Jan 2013 #9

No... cntrfthrs Jan 2013 #10

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