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[quote=Anonymous]some feel racial tensions are done because we have a black president and along with some other advancement, suddenly all our issues are solved (note that even without a black president some would think this).

the outright bigotry and racism we saw in the early to mid 20th century is gone. people arent getting lynched and being completely and openly denied of their basic civil rights.

what exists today is more subtle and in many ways can be open to a bunch of interpretation that its easy for some to dismiss. this is the root of debate with people.

as oppose to even for a second thinking that race played a part in this, a person wants to find a 'a reason why said person got shot, killed, or harassed. Its not race in their view. Somehow they deserved to be looked at the way they did so people search for bad grades, criminal records, broken home, class and everything under the sun.

whats funny is that the person is using the very sterotype that lead to the initial episode but on a different level. sure trayvon was black but he had to have a criminal record right? trayvon didnt belong in that neighborhood so he deserved to get profiled. these thoughts dont come out the blue. they come from the very root of what made zimmerman kill that young man. the difference is the person making the same observation isnt resorting to violoence but they are going through the exact same line of thinking. this doesnt make them racist but it shows that whatever they are trying to argue about the end of racism is still very much alive today........[/quote]

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