"Post racial" society??? HA! by SIGNYM

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"Post racial" society??? HA!

POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Friday, June 14, 2013 11:21
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Friday, June 14, 2013 5:43 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

A commerical for Cheerios which features a biracial couple

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received more than 500 dislikes and a bevy of racist comments on YouTube before the comment section was closed Thursday evening. Some commenters on the cereal’s Facebook page said the ad made them “want to vomit,” and expressed “shock” that a black father would stay with his family.

Read more: http://q13fox.com/2013/06/03/raw-cheerios-commericial-of-multiracial-f
amily-draws-attention/#ixzz2WCk1nyvx

A young Hispanic-named singer dressed in a charro outfit drew racist comments after singing at the NBA finals in San Antonio. Now, I question whether being seen as Hispanic is a "race", but this is clearly prejudicial.

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Sebastien De La Cruz took the stage dressed in a charro outfit right before Game 3 of NBA Finals to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" on Tuesday night. The performance was greeted by cheers and applause inside the AT&T Center but drew racist comments on the social media network Twitter.

http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=908964#.Ubs1xlLU8xM

Dunkin Donuts employees were treated to an anti-Arab tirade. http://screen.yahoo.com/blogs/screen-blog/dunkin-donuts-employees-reco
gnized-enduring-customer-racist-rant-221004757.html

On the other hand,

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Jennifer Lopez says Latinos in the United States are starting to realize their power in politics and media, making the timing good for her latest undertaking: lobbying for greater diversity in TV programming.

Shows that "reverse racism" is alive and well too.
http://news.yahoo.com/jennifer-lopez-were-realizing-power-173531445.ht
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Again, lumping race and "ethnicity" into one bag for the sake of discussion.

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Friday, June 14, 2013 11:21 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Again, lumping race and "ethnicity" into one bag for the sake of discussion.

And lumping bigots into society at large, and then saying all society is bigoted.

I'd say we are, by and large, a post-racial society.

Some people don't get it.

Some never will.

Most will eventually figure it out, or eventually die off and leave younger folks who'll understand.

"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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