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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry, but I've read and reread the OP's comments and all the other comments, and I just cannot figure out when and how the OP was [b]at all[/b] racist in a discussion about this topic. Unless she is leaving something out about WHO she indicated vis a vis  benefits, and WHO might be creating a fraud system, I am seeing absolutely no racism here.

But- interestingly enough, if the person who called her out for being racist assumed[u] that is what she was referring to- a population of people taking advantage, wouldn't that make that person a racist for (for that assumption)!?

OP- call out that person in a quiet conversation sometime. They were extremely out of line considering this was a social event and personally, I would not let it go. If they have an assumption here, then call them out for being racist- and stupid!

If people categorize/stereotype a specific group of people in any way, that is racist. I don't see where that happened here. Poverty, fraud, crime, etc. comes in all flavors,colors, and cultures. Deciding how people can have benefits, when it is best served, and how to control fraud is not racist.
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