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Originally Posted by taxwonk
I didn't have intent. I was actually shocked and ashamed at the level of built-in racism I displayed when I actually started paying attention. Stuff like "I can't be racist; I dated the black girl (that's right, there was one) in my class, I was friends with three of the four black guys in my class and two of the three in the classes above and below."
Doesn't make me any less racist in action, but I do maintain there was no overt intent.
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Wasn't thinking of you and the hospital choice here, but the article on employment issues. I think there are lots of people in positions where they hire who would say they have no intention of discriminating the way they do, very carefully, every day.
