[Southerngl]

I made another comment yesterday that at the age of 35, all I had been told all my life is how race is irrelevant. Now all of a sudden it means EVERYTHING. As a child born after MLK Jr., I am confused.

[ClearCase_guy]

I went to a less prestigious school than Princeton. From 1978 to 1983 I attended a large university in a large US city. I was never aware of racial tension at the time. I had a number of black friends. It was no big deal. We had been told that race was irrelevant and -- as far as I could see -- people acted like it.

I recently re-visited the school and in conversation with people I learned that racial tensions were very high. Whites avoided blacks. Blacks were aggressive toward whites. Clearly, race means a lot more there now than it used to.

I agree with larry Elder: white racism is pretty much a non-factor now. It's dead. But black racism is an enormous problem. Michelle Obama is a primae example of this sort of racism.

[orinoco]

You have been subjected to propaganda by the media and the politicians since the 1960’s. Now you have to think for yourself.