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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I guess the only way I can explain this and it's also how some of my minority friends feel- some of us growing up as minorities in this country have felt and experienced real racism.  [u]Real, raw hate.[/u]  The kind that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.  The kind that can cause you and your family to move or switch schools or change jobs, the kind that can land you in the hospital or lead to the death of a family member.

We've been subject to stereotypes and honestly it's something we've come to let roll off our backs and expect from people and not just certain types of people, even the least suspecting people will let their stereotypes slip.

I don't agree with Trump's stereotypes, but I also know he's being singled out because he's vocal about them when there are PLENTY of what most would consider normal, average, intelligent people that have those same stereotypes about groups of people.  They could be your neighbor, your mailman, your coworker, your boss, your child's teacher.  I don't go around thinking they are racist because of their ignorance though.

I'm not a ra ra Trump supporter at all.  But I do think that throwing the word racist around diminishes it's value to a certain degree.  It becomes just another word then and the potency of the definition is diluted.

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I have a hard time understanding, given your very negative experiences with racism, how you would so cavalierly minimize a candidate's statements that actually encourage the type of thinking and behavior you have encountered. Let's assume for the sake of argument that two candidates are equally racist. One of them is honest about it and refuses to engage in "political correctness". Folks who are even more extreme in their racism will naturally be encouraged and feel justified in their feelings. The second candidate hides his racism, denounces racism, and supports policies that help those against whom he secretly is prejudiced. While I grant you that the first candidate is the more honest, I am more interested in political and social outcomes and in this instance would place racial tolerance above honesty as an important characteristic of a candidate. I don't understand why you would do differently.
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