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HiPointDem

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15. which means you're related to most cubans. you're also related to everyone in the world.

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 04:57 PM

Apr 2012

i doubt many of the cubans in the US would welcome fidel into their businesses with open arms.

for all that they are "cousins" (sometimes very literally). lol.

and btw, no one cares if you hire your family for your little business. not the government, not your neighbors, nobody.

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Anybody Can Be Racist [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2012 OP

If that's the case, I'd like to set the word aside and find a new one for systemic racism... saras Apr 2012 #1

Systemic Racism Exists As Does Racism On A Individual Basis DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2012 #2

Before we can discuss 'systemic racism' (or 'structural racism'), I think a coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #3

There's no need to arrive at a single criterion. Igel Apr 2012 #12

The title of the OP was "Anybody Can be Racist". Extrapolating coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #14

"It's profoundly important to be able to distinguish between personal prejudices and HiPointDem Apr 2012 #13

Except, Cuban is not a race. Quantess Apr 2012 #4

I Know. I was just using it as an example of a person or persons making invidious distinctions. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2012 #5

Why isn't it racist to ask for race as a piece of information? dkf Apr 2012 #6

There's A Difference In Recognizing Racial Differences DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2012 #7

so if I own a little bookstore hfojvt Apr 2012 #8

And Jewish scholarships, too. Quantess Apr 2012 #9

That Would Make You Guilty Of Nepotism DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2012 #10

but in some sense, I bet Cubans are one big family hfojvt Apr 2012 #11

which means you're related to most cubans. you're also related to everyone in the world. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #15