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Tanenhaus: Populism, Politics and the Power of Sarah Palin

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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)12/06/2009 12:28:25 pm PST

re: #86 Guanxi88

Well, it’s pretty undeniable that racism is often used as a populist tool, so I’m not sure what your problem is with that.

And being uncomfortable around so many people of a different culture is, well, bigoted. They’re people. It may be challenging to learn the social cues and deal with them, but that’s what an open-minded person does, not run away because they’re too different.

If someone is not comfortable in a situation where they are not part of the cultural majority, I have no idea how to interpret that other than bigotry. Perhaps you could offer a theory?