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Article: Racism from the inside harmful, too.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- October 27, 2009
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Are we post-racial yet? Not so much.
Recently, there have been some ugly racial skirmishes. And weAEre not talking about the hate crimes, ethnic harassment and racial discrimination that get so much publicity. Sometimes, the harshest attacks are intraracial. They occur within the family.
Some people of color have this ridiculous and destructive habit of judging each otherAEs racial and ethnic authenticity. ItAEs both comical and sad, since the people who do it often have deep insecurities about their racial and ethnic credentials.
IAEve been on both ends of the sword. In college, to mask my own doubts about whether I was Latino enough, I used to ...