Submitted by dynamicdiva on July 30, 2007

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Racisim Is Still Here

There is no doubt that racism exists in the United States. Almost everyone can admit this. The interesting part is that some people will admit that they themselves are racist while others will claim that they are enlightened and that they are not racist or prejudiced. The truth is that the one who can admit he is racist is actually the enlightened one. Someone who claims he is enlightened and that he does not see color is in the dark, he is unenlightened.
It is a sad truth that being racist is more natural in American society than to not be. As Robert Heilbroner says in Don’t Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments, “Stereotypes are one way in which we ‘define’ the world in order to...

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