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Originally Posted by SeptemberMorn
I don't understand why the race sensitivity. The mention of color, to me, is just a means of identification.
I don't understand prejudice, either. Maybe that's why I'm not sensitive to the mention of race.
There is good and bad in every single person and every single race and every single community and every single family. I accept each person on their own merit, not by their race, color or creed. Wouldn't it be a wonderful place if everyone was like that?
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Thank you. To be fair to her, I understood why it stuck out to her at first. She's been in an interatial marriage, as are many people I know. They are always on gaurd for hidden meaning behind statements because of what history has showed them.
She rightfully so mentioned that his race had no barring on what happened. She's right it was independent of.
That's why I felt the need to fill her in on my background & make a point of saying I also told the race of the girl too, white. We have about 6 different ethnicities here. We do not know them all by 1st names so you use phases like..."that Mexican chick" That "white biker dude with the beard. , the fat bald black guy next door, the asian kid down the street.
I'm sure we are "those white people" & that's cool by me. But that comes out when I type sometimes because it's the way I talk.
I referenced the Tea party as mostly older white guys...they were
