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if you compare the older generation to the one above them, then you'll understand just how far they themselves have had to come. It's not an excuse but an insight. Ultimately I think I agree with SoBig that it really is just ignorance.

However, I think we also need to be careful not to become too PC and stop judging things as we see them because racism normally comes from fear, and fear is an instinct that is vital to our own survival. There is nothing wrong with feeling fear, which often I think people confuse with being racist.

It might sound a bit of a contradiciton but if people want to be discriminatory on grounds of colour, I have no problem with it as long as they keep it to themselves, don't act on it unless they themselves are threatened and that they don't let it effect how they interact with decent people.