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Depending on where you live, ask someone in their 40's who came from China, India or Pakistan, someone in their 60's from Eastern Europe or someone over 80 from Ireland or Italy about "anti-immigrant sentiment". I'd be very surprised if their stories were all that different.

We keep getting fed the narrative that racism is out of control, but I believe it's not worse, it's just as bad as it's always been.

This doesn't make the situation better, but it does clamp down on the hysteria that (a) things are getting worse or (b) the rate of worsening(?) is increasing....




It is possible for things to be better then 60 years ago while becomming progressively worst over last dozen or so years.

Racism or animosity toward whatever group is not constant. And also, we should not use worst periods as benchmark for "it is ok if it is not as bad".




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