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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thread summary....

When you don't perceive things as holding you back...
They don't hold you back....[/quote]
.. or "ignorance is bliss".[/quote]

Except he's not ignorant, he just doesn't attribute slights in the same way as others.  The other side is just as ignorant because they ASSUME malice while being ignorant as to whether it really is...  I'll live like the nephew anyday...[/quote]
How do you know he's not ignorant, and that you are just projecting?  I don't know either, which is why I stated "or"...

Sometimes the other side is truly ignorant, like the whole "go back to your country" thing with Trump, as if that is not racist.[/quote]

Yet saying "go back to your country" has absolutely zero impact on anyone I know who is here as a US citizen.  Just words...[/quote]
Having racist words thrown at  you is still being impacted by racism.  Only a white person would think that is not the case.

Are you saying that if OP's nephew was called the N word it would not impact him? Does it stop him from living his life? No, of course not. Neither does his MIL hating him because of his race.  But, I'm betting that OP's nephew would still feel awful if he was called the N word.
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