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Originally Posted by Tough Love89
A good way to tell if somone is an elitist (or atleast thinks they are) is if they wont talk to you. Where Im from, there is an entire school of kids who dont associate with anyone whose parents arnt pulling in 250k a year AT LEAST.
They are elitists brats in training.
Elitist exist, trust me. Im a Soc Major  |
Elitism is a very small problem in my mind. There may be some snobs, but I they probably are not elitist.
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Originally Posted by Tough Love89
Racist is suce a harsh word.
Interestingly enough, My parents are Hard core moderate democrats. They arnt super left, but they NEVER vote republican. Im the rare exception to that rule. But yea, I agree most the time upbringing plays a HUGE factor in a persons philosophys and ideologys.
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That is why I used racial biases or attitudes. I tried by best to stay away from the term racist.
Also, I am trying to find the study of how people implicitly react to African Americans with more fear, but I cannot find it.
The best I could do was this one:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...-in-your-brain
However, you need to pay. I will try to post it soon.
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