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Originally posted by shinerbock
Well, if i am the most "racist" on this board, that speaks to the credibility of this board, as I have said nothing which is truly that.
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Shinerbock, I see that you are pretty new here, and you may not realize that this is ground that has been plowed repeatedly -- perhaps to the point it's not fertile anymore.
I feel sure you did not say anything that you intended as racist, nor do I question your intent. The problem with any Internet communication is that the reader sees only the words actually typed without voice inflection or any other context (including knowledge of you), so while I don't think you intended any racism, I also think that others could read what you wrote and reasonably infer some racism.
The reality is that this is a topic that taps into a lot of underlying and deep feelings for everybody, regardless of what "side" they are on -- sensitivity (to be clear, I do
not mean oversensitivity) to racism in all of its forms, direct and subtle, and sensitivity to an anti-Southern bias.
Bottom line is it helps to stay clear of generalizations -- whether of "popular black culture" (which can mean lots of different things to lots of different people) or of Southern Greek life, your description of which really doesn't match what one would find at lots of top schools in the South.
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