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Old 2nd June 2017, 10:21 AM   #49
Jodie
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Originally Posted by Argumemnon View Post
I don't buy it. It's one thing to say there are cultural effects to this, but calling it PTSD is ridiculous.
What else could you call it? The assumption, right or wrong, that someone doesn't have your best interests at heart based on your skin color because of what happened to your ancestors for hundreds of years isn't PTSD?

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Seems to me like stopping racism would include not dividing people by race.
Exactly, no one should have ever been asked to volunteer to leave for a day of absence based on their skin color to begin with.
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