Republicans on the defensive as younger people are less racist

[LiberalLoner]

http://www.alternet.org/news/147171/younger_people_are_fundamentally_less_concerned_with_race%2C_putting_the_republicans_on_the_defensive/

I thought this was a great article and thought maybe people here would like to read it. This is my first time ever trying to post an article so I hope I did it right. I apologize if I messed it up.

[hlthe2b]

1. You did just fine and this is one I think many will be interested in

Welcome to DU, LiberalLoner, (though it appears you've been a member for awhile). But, boy, you are sure not alone~!

[LiberalLoner]

3. Thank you! :) n/t

[arcane1]

2. Loved it!

Especially the South Pacific reference :)

[LiberalLoner]

4. Oh I loved that, too :) n/t

[lamp_shade]

5. That's Melissa Harris-Lacewell's piece. Her last paragraph summed it up nicely.

"Social conservatives shudder with apocalyptic anxiety about these generational trends. They understand that the best defense against this frightening, changing world is to wrest control of the historical narrative. To retake the country, they must first reshape young people's reality by revising the meaning of their daily lives. They must make traitors into heroes, erase the contributions of marginal groups, decry self-knowledge as sedition and reinforce fear of those who are different. I'm reminded of the lyrics of a song in South Pacific, Rodgers and Hammerstein's controversial 1949 musical:

You've got to be taught to hate and fear,
You've got to be taught from year to year,
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear --
You've got to be carefully taught.

Arizona and Texas policy-makers seem to be using the lyrics as a guide to curriculum development, but they may find that the world has already moved beyond their fearful grasp."