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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, can we PLEASE stop hanging on every word Oprah says?

Second, she is wrong. Racism won't just "go away" when the old, racist farts die. I would think she would know better.

I don't think I was ever racist, but I was a typical white, suburban kid who didn't know any better. I ended up teaching in a school that was 3% white for 15 years. Two years in I didn't see kids as a color, but as WHO they were and I know that came from my experience with kids from other cultures and ethnicities.

I just learned. Simple as that.

We are fortunate in the DC area that we are so diverse so a lot of us aren't racists, but you would be surprised when you step out of the DC area how much that changes. So, while Oprah can live in La-La land and point the finger at old white dudes (and ladies) she is an idiot for doing so because racism goes much deeper than that.

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OP here.  No, racism won't die, but I do believe it will lessen as this generation dies off.

In my own family, racism has been diluted through the generations.  my grandparents were racist.  They lived their entire lives in small, midwestern towns where it was incredibly rare to see anyone who wasn't white.  Their only exposure to other races was from the evening news.  My own parents have never considered themselves to be racist, but they used to oppose interracial marriage because it's "too hard on the kids".  As a teenager, I guess I agreed with them.  Then I grew up, left my small town, met people from all different backgrounds, and any inkling of racism eventually died.  Now our family, our social circle, our church, and our school are all diverse.  As a result, I really don't think my kids see color at all.  Not even a little bit.  Our world is much bigger than our grandparents' world.

You are correct that the DC mindset regarding race is VASTLY different than the rest of the country.  You don't find this diversity anywhere else.  [/quote]

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