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tubbacheez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 03:20 PM
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6. Racism shouldn't play a role in sympathy, but it does.
The effects of racism are real because we (collectively as a society) make them real. We make them real by the way were treat people... be it consciously, habitually, or unconsciously.


Race itself derives its boundaries from our own arbitrary definitions. Nature only codes our traits (like skin color, hair texture, nose shape, etc.).

It's we humans who draw the hard lines between Race X and Race Y.








Is race real? Check this out.

http://www.pbs.org/race/001_WhatIsRace/001_00-home.htm
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