you killed younglings

i'm glad most careless racism seems to have conglomerated around the more elderly population. it makes me uncomfortable. i try to ignore it. apparently i don't have the eyes of an italian. my dad, for a period of three weeks, was mistaken for an egyptian by a syrian. an old guy told me light-heartedly that it's because of all those damn indians entering the community that everyone's an indian now if they have any middle-eastern features. but there isn't much lackadaisical racism in the younger generation. mostly it's direct and intense or just worked in logically. it's not just an accepted fact like it was 50 years ago. now, you'll have to be prepared to fight to keep your racist views. you don't just throw them out in the middle of a polite, informal conversation. say something racist now and expect the tone of the conversation to change.