re: #1 Charles Johnson

Really getting irritated by this talking point that economic hardship exacerbates racism. It’s ridiculous.America’s racist element has not changed one bit through the years, in good times and in bad. Racism has nothing to do with money.

I grew up in the Industrial Midwest during the heyday of American industry, when a factory worker could afford a house, a car, a vacation and still put his kids through (state) college.

And those f*ckers were no less racist back then than they are now.