[Twodees]

Hmm, not where I come from. The stereotype of a republican that I grew up with is one of a liberal who hates Southerners. I get called racist on FR regularly by guess who? ;-)

[rintense]

Wow. The need to slap labels on folks is still incredibly popular. Racism exists in ALL races. I've seen it first hand. We've seen it in unexpected places since 9-11. I wrote a paper in college called 'Mental Segregation' which theorized that the majority of Americans have latent racial stereotypes hidden deep in their psyche that only surface when presented with extraordinary circumstances. And where are these stereotypes learned? Childhood. We retain a lot more than we think...