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What exactly is racism nowadays?

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What exactly is racism nowadays?
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RE: What exactly is racism nowadays?
December 1, 2012 at 6:56 pm (This post was last modified: December 1, 2012 at 6:58 pm by Jackalope.)
(December 1, 2012 at 5:48 pm)Kousbroek Wrote:
(December 1, 2012 at 5:32 pm)Annik Wrote: My parents are mildly racist and conservative Republican. The don't think interracial marriages should be legal and rate neighborhoods on "how dark they are". Ugh.

I don't want to offend you but where i live that isn't considered mildly.

Nor is it here (and I'm also in the US).
(December 1, 2012 at 6:39 pm)Annik Wrote:
(December 1, 2012 at 6:37 pm)Kousbroek Wrote: Now that sounds familiar ...

There is a term for this in social psychology, but I don't recall it right now. Basically, people don't like to be wrong, so they will do all kinds of mental circus moves to make themselves right.

Cognitive bias?
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What exactly is racism nowadays?

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What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - December 1, 2012 at 5:03 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Ryantology - December 1, 2012 at 5:17 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - December 1, 2012 at 9:17 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Welsh cake - December 1, 2012 at 5:17 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Voltron - December 1, 2012 at 5:26 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 5:32 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Kousbroek - December 1, 2012 at 5:48 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 5:51 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Kousbroek - December 1, 2012 at 5:58 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 5:59 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Kousbroek - December 1, 2012 at 6:07 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 6:19 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Kousbroek - December 1, 2012 at 6:30 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 6:35 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Kousbroek - December 1, 2012 at 6:37 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 6:39 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Jackalope - December 1, 2012 at 6:56 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 6:59 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Jackalope - December 1, 2012 at 7:14 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 7:25 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by TaraJo - December 1, 2012 at 6:06 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by A Theist - December 1, 2012 at 9:38 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 9:31 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - December 1, 2012 at 9:32 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Annik - December 1, 2012 at 10:02 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by jonb - December 1, 2012 at 10:49 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Polaris - December 1, 2012 at 10:09 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Minimalist - December 4, 2012 at 8:38 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Creed of Heresy - December 1, 2012 at 10:59 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by jonb - December 1, 2012 at 11:04 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Dee Dee Ramone - December 4, 2012 at 5:40 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by CapnAwesome - December 4, 2012 at 8:25 pm
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by TaraJo - December 5, 2012 at 1:29 am
RE: What exactly is racism nowadays? - by Faith No More - December 4, 2012 at 9:22 pm

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