[William-Y]

What do people of various demographic backgrounds think is the single most-important factor in continuing race-based tension in the United States? Racism? Economic disparity? Lack of communication and/or understanding? Other factor(s)?
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Name : William-Y, Gender : M, Race : African American/Mixed Heritage, Age : 54, City : Indialantic, State : FL, Country : United States, 

[Pete S.]

I think racism stems from several causes – white people fear blacks because they’re ‘different,’ meaning not white. Blacks are angry at whites because of their history of slavery in this country. The government doesn’t help any by focusing on race-related issues. For example, when you fill out your census form, you will be asked your race. This information is only used to promote racism and develop meaningless statistics showing that one race has something different than another race. If we focus on skin color alone, we degrade all people to the status of crayons. I’m not a crayon, and I suspect you aren’t, either. If we really want to eliminate racism, we can start by seeing each other as humans and not colors. When we can relate on that level, our differences assume a much different character.

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Name : Pete S., Gender : M, Age : 51, City : Orlando, State : FL, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, 

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