A lot of people have things said to them in school that traumatized them for years. It sucks. Even moreso when they grow up and let it effect their politics towards an entire ethnicity. More likely to believe the negative with little evidence, and less likely to believe the positive despite the evidence... And many get proactive with it.
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Don't over complicate the obvious. Don't oversimplify the intricate.

Well I just got called the N word today.

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