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Originally Posted by tooblue
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I am shocked this sort of behavior still exists. It must exist in the poverty stricken subsets of urban society, as it does arise in normal society.
My son brought up the subject of racism as we were traveling to soccer, through some of our ethnic neighborhoods. He remarked how many of the kids of various ethnic backgrounds were cruel towards blacks. For example, he stated several asian and latino kids mocked a black kid whom he stood up for. He also noted that if a white kid made any of the remarks the asian or latino kids had made, they'd be severely disciplined and asked somewhat naively, "Why does every race hate white people?" Explaining the complexities of race relations is not an easy thing, other than to explain the extremes one witnesses are not the norm.