@steve6969,
steve6969 wrote:
Never really understood why people get so upset about racism. Its seems really just politics.
In my opinion, wrong; it is not just politics. "Race" is just the way for many people in the past to most easily divide up humanity into "us" and "them."
Sometimes it takes religion (Huffington Post has an article today of the riots in Northern Island, with the summer Protestant marching) to divide humanity.
In my opinion, a growing (I hope) segment of society is dividing humanity into well educated and not well educated, whether that be formal or self-taught. Naturally, there are forces in society that would want us to be one big mass of humanity singing koom-bah-yah. I do not think it will happen so fast, unless the extraterrestrials land.
But, old allegiances die hard, not just "race." People profess to be atheists/agnostics, but still have strong antipathy to atheists/agnostics that were not from the same "historical religious" background (so many atheists still take their babies to a priest for baptism).
So, I have no problem with being in close proximity to other races. It's the folks that base their knowledge on the popular culture that I avoid.
And, being really of "average" intelligence, I also avoid those that are of below average intelligence. I admire those of higher intelligence, even though they are likely just being gracious to even talk to me.
Perhaps, regardless of one's race, religion, etc., we should just subscribe to society's gradations, and "know our place." In effect, "acting uppity," in my opinion, is a little known disorder that many white folks have. Just my humble opinion.