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Originally Posted by Not Bob
Who are you and what have you done to Sebastian?
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Data's data.
I also have to consider, I grew up with Asian and Indian neighbors, in an isolated area where most of the original homeowners were successful Jews and Italians (the local Temple was a solid drive and a three iron away). My high school was also private and filled with Indian, Asian, and Middle Eastern kids.
I think my upbringing may have led me to downplay the prevalence of bigotry. Quite literally, we just never thought about it.
And I've been as oblivious about it since. I could see why this would frustrate people who've spent their entire lives dealing with it. Ultimately, however, I will probably always revert to the thinking I've followed on it from the start: Race/Sexual Persuasion/Ethnicity should be immaterial among enlightened people, and the ultimate fix for bigotry - which sadly won't occur until long after we're all dead - is people ignoring those categories and mixing adequately enough that they become something hardly recognizable. (And get rid of religion, which causes most ethnic bigotry.)
