[Steve27684]

Most whites I know get their viewpoint on race relations the same way anyone else does: personal experience, media, innate bias. And if you want the truth, most whites I know don’t even really want to think about it because the market on this discussion has been dominated by blacks. No matter what opinion a white person could share on blacks in America, it would be immediately pounced upon as racist, ignorant and hopelessly generalized.

I will state my opinion: In the last 20 years, an increasing section of the black population has moved comfortably into the middle class, carrying with them economic, educational and political power. However, it has not carried an equivalent level of comfort in dealing with whites. The poorer black population is worse off than 20 years ago because they are marginalized against whites and middle class blacks. Whites today are far less likely to make overt racist comments, but this is because of fear rather than enlightenment. Institutional racism is beginning to be understood by a larger portion of the white population. Blacks have regressed in having public leaders who clearly identify with the racial causes. Current black cause leaders are viewed as buffoons by whites, whereas 20 years ago, whites viewed black leaders with fear. Today white leaders overtly play the race card from both sides and are not even subtle about it. There is a large generation gap with whites in regard to interracial sexual relations. Whites under 30 seem far more comfortable having black partners than those over 30. No one but no one, white or black, can make a good arguement for Affirmative Action, but no one has a better idea, either. I could go on … how do I match up against your survey?

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Name : Steve27684, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 45, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : Corporate Cubicle Kind of Guy, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper class, 

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