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I can think of a couple of reasons. Let me start with an example: Do you know that some Louisiana Creoles (of mixed black and white ancestry) tried to form their own units in the Confederate Army? At first that might not make sense, until you realize that they thought the Confederacy would win. And who would it make more sense to ally yourself with, racist whites with all the guns, money and power, or virtually powerless black slaves? I think much the same thing is going on when you hear someone nonwhite being racist toward another minority. Even some black comedians told jokes about this after 9/11: ‘Oh, now that Ay-rabs are the ones getting profiled, I’m all in favor of it! It gets the cops and the white people to quit from always staring at me!’ And some of these minorities are more ‘white-looking’ than ‘black-looking.’ Lighter-skinned Latinos, mixed-blood American Indians and even some Asians can get mistaken for white and thus enjoy some of the same privileges of white skin. This is hardly the first time minorities have tried to win acceptance by joining in on the prejudice against another group. Try reading ‘How the Irish Became White,’ or for that matter, go see Martin Scorcese’s ‘Gangs of New York.’ Many of these minorities also have a long history of their own, prior to even getting to the United States, of discrimination. There is a color bar in Latin America, as well as color/caste bars in India.

Finally, has it occurred to you that this doesn’t get as much attention because it’s not as important? Who has more ability to make your life and mine miserable, racists in the GOP like David Duke and Ann Coulter, or the East Indian shopkeeper on the corner?

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Name : ACC25109, Gender : M, Race : Mexican and American Indian, Age : 37, City : Phoenix, State : AZ, Country : United States, Occupation : Teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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