>>>>I just don't have much use for hypocrisy.
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>>Not the first time I've heard that. In Zimbabwe I was told by an African doctor that everybody is racist. I knew he was wrong. All these years later, I understand why he was right. Meanwhile you are setting an example that nobody needs to sweat the small stuff, especially when its impingement on us represents a fleeting LED charge in a monitor. ;-)
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>John, if "everyone" is racist, then it sort of diminishes the definition.
yes if you use it only as a generla label to group people.
no if you use it to identify a personal behaviour.
example: I am quite certain that skin colour for me personally won't raise the behaviour that are typically considered racist. But I know that I have mental shortcuts that might prefer smart people, not giving traits less often found in the other group enough weight. So it could be said I show "racist behaviour" on an axis not usually thought of as racist, as there is no such race, but only subset ;-)
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