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16. Growing up in NYC it's always been the opposite. I remember visiting NJ or Wisconsin and feeling

Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:27 PM

Jun 2016

Very out of place and uncomfortable how segregated it was, and it did not seem they realized it at all.

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Does anyone else here think that class divides among whites are more salient... [View all] YoungDemCA Jun 2016 OP

So your family wasn't family JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #4

See my response down below JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #6

oh yes swhisper1 Jun 2016 #2

Yep - I think I posted about this previously JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #3

Because "White people" is not an ethnic group elljay Jun 2016 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #8

Yep. I do. And for alot of the reasons that you already noted. Number23 Jun 2016 #10

this is true of all minority groups JI7 Jun 2016 #11

Yeah, that's the thing. rusty quoin Jun 2016 #15

White Privilege rusty quoin Jun 2016 #18

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2016 #20

Excellent post Kwassa n/t JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #19

Historically until very recently Chitown Kev Jun 2016 #17

Absolutely ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #22