I don't think anyone ever really sets out to have a grand discussion of racism. Often the only way these discussions ever get started--because everyone is so inhibited by all the factors you mention--is for someone to say something so stunningly clueless that their friend(s) just can't pass over it in silence. I know that's how I've gotten my ass educated more than once (often in this very journal).
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Date: 2014-08-15 02:26 am (UTC)