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Old 01-31-2008, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by SECdomination View Post
I'm on the same page as you with the bold. Maybe not 100% with the social contructs, but for the most part, I think I agree. That's why I hate how the word racism is used now, because quite frankly, skin color means nothing to me- the cultures (I guess that's the right word) that color represents is where I have different opinions.
So in other words, what you're saying is you would have more in common (and probably bid) a black man who was raised in your town and whose parents were of the same social strata as yours before you'd bid some white guy from Pittsburgh.

I understand that - I think what people get upset about is what seems to be an assumption that there aren't any situations like that.
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