On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:32:36 -0500, Tim Cook wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:49:38 -0500, nemesis wrote:
>> 
>>> I heard some right-wing conservatives in a newsgroups call him the
>>> "magic negro".  Racism is still a very visible local culture divide, I
>>> guess.
>> 
>> Very much so.
> 
> But if you ask them, they'll insist they're not racist, they don't like
> this trait or that trait that they're quick to note isn't particular to
> [racial group]...it just happens to be something that they ascribe to
> most members of that group far more often than any other.

Yep, I've noticed that as well.  It's all very "slimy" if you ask me.

Jim

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