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So list the "enduring subtle, unspoken, coded forms of racism" that are endemic in the U.S.

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In 1981, former Republican Party strategist Lee Atwater when giving an anonymous interview discussing the GOP's Southern Strategy (see also Lee Atwater on the Southern Strategy) said:
You start out in 1954 by saying, "Nigger, nigger, nigger." By 1968, you can't say "nigger" — that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me — because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this," is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "Nigger, nigger."

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I frequently meet college students who tell me they are conservative, who have all the attributes of what seems to me a broadly conservative outlook on life and society, who want to read conservative publications... yet who have a deep dislike of many of the topics - not just the point of view, the actual topics - that interest older readers.

This shows up most especially in the area of race, and the penumbra of issues - immigration, for instance, or crime-fighting - that are associated with it. The kind of thoughtful and intelligent young people that NR would like to have as readers understand that there are problems and absurdities connected with race in our public life, and are happy to hear arguments pro and con about racial profiling, affirmative action, and so on. They laugh with us when we lampoon the more outrageous kind of black race hustler - a Sharpton, a Farrakhan, a Johnny Cochran. They are, however, determined to make the multiracial society work, they believe it can be made to work in spite of the hustlers and liberal guilt-mongers, and they are unwilling to read, say, or think anything that could be construed as unkind towards people of other races. The pessimism and cynicism on this topic that you rather commonly find among conservatives - including NR readers - born in 1930, or even 1950, are profoundly unappetizing to these younger conservatives."

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I admit I was reacting out of astonishment at Geezer's accusation, which still rather boggles my mind.

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:

Eh, you're actually probably fine. No one's got time or patience for friends or making friends anymore, it's not just a racial thing. In fact a couple months ago I went to a wedding and just left before the reception because I thought what was the point? I don't know anyone here except for her and I don't relate to any of this and I can't even eat the food. And then she texted me pretty mad about it, and hasn't talked to me since, but that's because I'm an asshole. *shrug*

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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:

One of the things I notice about american films and tv is how rare the depiction of mixed race couples is, especially if you compare to Brit film and tv, where it is normal and unremarkable.

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The election of Obama certainly highlighted the racism that exists in the US, just like the election of a female PM here highlighted the misogyny.

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