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I’m honestly asking if you really think it’s the media driving racism in America. To believe so, seems to me to be a remarkably ignorant perspective when it com

I’m honestly asking if you really think it’s the media driving racism in America. To believe so, seems to me to be a remarkably ignorant perspective when it comes to the history of the USA. Was the media behind racism in the 60’s? If not, then are you implying that the racism somehow went away and got better while the media picked up the baton so to speak to rekindle it? That sounds utterly ludicrous to me. Am I misunderstanding your point?

annexrichmond 5y ago
The suggestion was that the media could be driving racism, to some extent, today. Your points referring to what drove racism in the 60s and earlier not relevant because that's not what I said.
- halfmatthalfcat 5y ago
  Amazing how much onus people give the media. Conveniently absolves individuals of any responsibility of their wrong doing.
- phs318u 5y ago
  I'm asking you whether you believe there's any latent racism in America, absent the media. I find it hard to believe that anyone could possibly answer that question in the negative.
yostrovs 5y ago
I had two situations that point to the media being a big factor. We had a black friend (one of only two friends invited to our wedding) who we invited to our cabin that we recently purchased. The day of the get together, she cancelled saying the area where the cabin is is racist. My wife is mixed and didn't notice this in the years we visited the same area. About a week later,a long time black friend of another couple refused to visit them for the same reason: racist area. This friend visited many times before, and strangely had the same reaction at the same time as our friend. Turns out a town not far from our cabin did have a history of racism some decades ago and this was profiled on local tv. So that TV show helped kill our friendship. The other couple reconciled with their friend.

annexrichmond 5y ago

The suggestion was that the media could be driving racism, to some extent, today. Your points referring to what drove racism in the 60s and earlier not relevant because that's not what I said.

halfmatthalfcat 5y ago
Amazing how much onus people give the media. Conveniently absolves individuals of any responsibility of their wrong doing.
phs318u 5y ago
I'm asking you whether you believe there's any latent racism in America, absent the media. I find it hard to believe that anyone could possibly answer that question in the negative.

yostrovs 5y ago

I had two situations that point to the media being a big factor. We had a black friend (one of only two friends invited to our wedding) who we invited to our cabin that we recently purchased. The day of the get together, she cancelled saying the area where the cabin is is racist. My wife is mixed and didn't notice this in the years we visited the same area. About a week later,a long time black friend of another couple refused to visit them for the same reason: racist area. This friend visited many times before, and strangely had the same reaction at the same time as our friend. Turns out a town not far from our cabin did have a history of racism some decades ago and this was profiled on local tv. So that TV show helped kill our friendship. The other couple reconciled with their friend.