[Terabitten]

"I live with undertones of racism all the time," said Thompson, who is African-American. "But I also have to think of it as, 'Everything is not racism.' We as black people have a tendency to be a little sensitive because of what our ancestors went through and what we continue to go through today."

As a white guy who graduated from a historically black university, I have this to say about racism:

Racism is far more prevalent than most whites believe... and far less prevalent than most blacks believe.

[OldFriend]

And your comment on the bigotry practiced by blacks against other blacks because their skin is too dark, their hair is too 'nappy', etc.

I have heard more vicious racial comments by blacks to other blacks than I have ever heard from other white people toward blacks.

[Ruth C]

True, and the real racism gets lost in all this 'everything is racist' attitudes because people begin to believe that everything is some kind of ploy. I get frustrated and angry that so many who really suffer racist actions against them have their experiences relegated to a 'oh just another one of those'

[brwnsuga]

Racism is far more prevalent than most whites believe... and far less prevalent than most blacks believe.

As a black woman who is currently attending a racially diverse college, I have to say I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT STATMENT! I have a girlfriend who blames racism if it rains on her new hairdo. I hate to say it, but the truth is most black people are racially sensitive. It is hard not to be.

[Alberta's Child]

Racism is far more prevalent than most whites believe... and far less prevalent than most blacks believe.

Maybe so. But in my mind "racism" officially became a non-issue some years ago when I overheard two well-dressed black men on a train in metro New York having a conversation about a crime spree in their neighborhood -- and they agreed that "lynching the b@stards" (that's a direct quote) was the only solution to the problem.

[bpjam]

Racism is far more prevalent than most whites believe... and far less prevalent than most blacks believe

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