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Originally Posted by He Who has a Meaningless Avatar and Pretends its Something Deep so that People Think He's "Cool"... and can't spell "Montoya"
Oh, I have no doubt that there's a lot of classism going on in our society. I just don't think that necessarily excludes racism as well. Why can't there be both? Surely we do a lot better now than we do fifty years ago, but just because we don't see very many lynchings these days doesn't mean racism is all gone. If you really need evidence, though, go read up on some stories about Middle Eastern taxi cab drivers after 9/11.
And let me be clear, I don't mean to say that racism is necessarily oppressing minorities exclusively and in all ways. And I also happen to think that our stereotyping and schemas work out ok among those of us lucky enough to have a strong education and lots of exposure to all kinds of different people.
Unfortunately, that doesn't really apply to the majority of Americans.
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Maybe I was too strong in my verbage of my opinion. Let me boil it down for you:
If you were to place a black man next to a white man next to a asian man, and they were naked and similar in most physical ways, you
would have different stereotypes that you would place on each one, but I don't believe that those strereotypes would be very strong (unless you were raised in an malignantly racist family). The way that these men then choose to dress and behave will act as either a magnifying factor or an overriding factor to those original stereotypes.
So yes, racism still exists, but I believe that culture has far overtaken race and is much more prevalent.