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bullwinkle428

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20. "Waiting for all of the old racists to die off" may very well happen someday, but it
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 10:25 AM
Jun 2015

certainly won't happen within the lifetime of anyone posting on this board as of today.

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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
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