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gollygee

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14. Yeah

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #13)

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 09:33 AM

Jun 2015

I think that's the point. By pushing the "color blind" myth, those of us in earlier generations have let them down. We should have been talking about racism all along instead of hoping they just wouldn't see race.

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Charleston, Dylann Roof and the racism of millennials [View all] gollygee Jun 2015 OP

Painting with a really broad brush Kelvin Mace Jun 2015 #1

It isn't about all millenials gollygee Jun 2015 #2

I would argue that they definitely are better when it comes to tolerance and judgmentalism..... marmar Jun 2015 #5

What I've read is that the level of racism is about the same but it looks different gollygee Jun 2015 #8

Agreed. trotsky Jun 2015 #15

It's based on a study, not this one person gollygee Jun 2015 #17

Today's millenials ARE more tolerant than their parents... SidDithers Jun 2015 #3

This has been studied gollygee Jun 2015 #4

That doesn't match data I have seen. yardwork Jun 2015 #7

There is data in the linked article gollygee Jun 2015 #9

Another article gollygee Jun 2015 #10

That study is more a reflection of their perceptions of racism as a problem. B2G Jun 2015 #11

It's a bit about both gollygee Jun 2015 #12

Exactly. yardwork Jun 2015 #6

Millennials were born into and live in a racist society. How can they not be racist? Brickbat Jun 2015 #13

Yeah gollygee Jun 2015 #14

I wonder though, they were born into a homophobic society too but aren't homophobic riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #19

Lack of economic opportunity and right wing politicians pandering to their base notadmblnd Jun 2015 #16

I'm posting a link to the actual study gollygee Jun 2015 #18

"Waiting for all of the old racists to die off" may very well happen someday, but it bullwinkle428 Jun 2015 #20

Roof doesn't represent millennials any more than ISIS LittleBlue Jun 2015 #21

It is using him to illustrate information from a study gollygee Jun 2015 #22

thank you marions ghost Jun 2015 #23

kick gollygee Jun 2015 #24