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In reply to the discussion: I'm over 60 and I have never seen such racism [View all]bhikkhu
(10,716 posts)Even on hate radio (which I wound up listening to because its popular here, and my job involves test-driving a lot of other people's cars) there wasn't much race-based commentary. Starting in 2008 it became constant. Even when it wasn't explicitly negative people were always identified by their race, and it became front and center in the conversations. At work I'd hope the day would go by without some racist joke, whether from my boss or co-workers or customers, but every day it wormed its way in one way or another. I wound up quitting my job for a better one, and that was definitely part of the reason.
The worst was when older customers would start conversations, and so often as soon as they were a bit comfortable they'd start in on the n-word jokes...I'm so glad I haven't heard one in 4 months now at my new place.