My wife has shown strong prejudices against blacks, asians, and hispanics. It was extremely subtle ten years ago, not even noticable, but is now more pronounced. Her teenage boys occasionally tell her she is a racist. I have, in the past, written off my suspicions of her prejudice as oversensitivity on my part. ( I am Hispanic.) Several years ago, she admitted to me that she is prejudiced against Hispanics. I don't understand how she can justify that it is not a problem, or anything unusual. Her typical response to my questions about it is "many people feel like I do." The obvious implication is that because others feel likewise, there is nothing wrong with it. Why would someone want to marry someone from an ethnic minority when they are prejudiced against members of that group?
2007-01-25
14:51:37
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