was racism still big in the year 1947?
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Racism is still big in the year 2006.  But the Civil Rights Bill didn't get passed until 1964.
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Yes, sadly, Skin Color is still an issue.  Racism and sexism is still a huge issue in America.  Think about it. How many huge-businesses can you think of... (like the Gap) that are run by women, Latinos, or African-Americans?  All racism, for all races is still there. Racism for African-Americans is very high in the South, sadly.  My advice to you is just fight against it as much as you can and be as understanding and compassionate as you can be. You may not be able to change the world, but you can change a few lives one day at time.  \nEmily
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Gee, a lot of your questions is about race. You must really have a lot of racism going on around your surroundings or you only see the world in Black and White. \n\nOne way you can conquer racism is "Quit seeing the world in black and white" and "Quit bringing up prejudice questions and scenarios". I mean talking about the Janet Jackson incident that occured years ago does not help. It's time to move on. Believe me, Janet Jackson has moved on, why can't you?
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Because no matter how much we want to believe that racism doesn't exist anymore, it does! Nowadays it is just more subtle. It really sux!
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<>Racial attitudes of the 1950s?
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No, Just happen to be that europeans were christians and white people decided to used their racism to segregate from blacks. Pretty sad stuff...
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I don't know about 1944, but I know it happened in 1914.\n\nhttp://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1209/p25s01-stin.html
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That is not a question that anyone can answer now. We do not live in that time era, nor do we know what their thoughts were or the people that sold them to the white people. All we can do is speculate which is wrong because we have no clue as to what was said, done, or accomplished by what means at the time. We only know by 3rd and 4th hand word if not more and even second hand word isn't allowed in a court of law.\nWhat bothers me is that there is still so much hatred. I don't even see that among the Jews and the Germans and look at what Hitler and the Nazi's did to the Jews. They actually live together in the same area without all this hatred that continues between the blacks and whites. What was done to the black people was wrong just like what was done to the Jews was wrong, but continuing to hate either blacks or whites accomplishes two things - more hatred and more prejudice.
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No it will never end. Because ther ewill always be people which are a little bit stupid. Look at my country, Germany. There should be now racism in our country but look!\nThose people have never been out of there own little f....ing world. They dont even know what theey are against
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Racism will always be around but in a more subtle way
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yes. we are so oversensitive these days that  if you ever disagree with someone of another color. then you are automatically labelled racist. amazing how thin skinned we are these days..
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How do you define "still alive and very huge?"  Yes, there is still a lot of prejudice around, but compared to just 50 years ago, it is NOT huge.  Instead, I'd say that there is a strong, yet hidden undercurrent of prejudice in some communities.\n\nThis too will change.  It takes more than 50 years for a culture to change that much.  With each new generation, we get further away from the "whites only" signs of the 50's.  \n\nBut I do feel there are two reasons prejudice will always be with us in one form or another.\n\nFeeling superior.\nThis was said to me (by someone who never could hold down a job or make ends meet) when I asked if he could afford the rent where he was moving.\n"What do you think? I'm not like those muchachos from the other side of the tracks who doesn't even TRY to pay their bills!"\ntranslation; I may be a loser but I'm not as a big of a loser as THOSE people!\n\nShortcut\nI takes a while to know who is honest & who isn't, who is a hard worker & who isn't, etc.\nPrejudice allows people to think they can look at someone & have a short cut to knowing those important things. \n\n\nI suspect a lot of the prejudice blacks face today isn't racism in the strict sense. It's not prejudice against the race, as much as the culture. In other words, "it's OK to be black as long as you walk, talk & act white." It's still prejudice. \n\nExample: A black with a strong black dilect will be treated very differently from one who talks "white."\n(I'm not talking about bad grammer, just different phonetics.)\n\nI think of Jeff Foxworthy's joke "People hear this accent & want to automatically deduct 20 IQ points." How many IQ points do you think get deducted from someone with a black dialect?
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yes it is!!\n\nand it is still in use because there is no strong Roma influence to react against using this word.\n\nlike you said ones this is the last (or only one of the last) ethnic groups that is still allowed or tolerated to make racist comments about.
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2002\nChallenged for racism, offensive language, and being sexually explict.
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Chicago Illinois on Oct 26 1947
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Because there are still people living in the past and refuse to really think for themselves.  The educational system wasnt able to teach such people so racism will continue.  Just dont let it affect your life and the way you think or carry yourself.  And yes we all should have the same opportunity at success but its up to you to claim it regardless of the racism this time and age.
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What do you mean, The USA has been a racist country since day one and is slowly showing improvement in race relations.