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This. "Why can’t we all just get along? Because there is an economic model in keeping us separated and angry at each other."

I was well aware of the market wherein Race Hucksters make their bread. These types of losers existed even in the time of Booker T. Washington. He spoke about them. I suspect they will always exist. Why get a real job when you can seek fame and fortune by whining on CNN? Politicians and race hucksters share some of the same DNA, apparently.

However, I had not considered that the model of the entire MSM/entertainment media complex also relied upon the same model. Of course, they do. As the saying goes, bad news sells. Bad news about race relations results in a ton of clicks and viewership. And here we are...

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Mar 29Liked by Adam B. Coleman

This will not be over until the phrase "race relations" is in the circular file. Whenever I hear this, it makes me think people score their pigment level and cartilage shape vis-a-vis others and then arrange their relationship accordingly. One of my favorite movie scenes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rLCTuI6XOE

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Mar 29Liked by Adam B. Coleman

All aspects of media and entertainment profit off race relations being terrible.

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Dammit, yes, I thought it was over. Other than the regular Al Shart-ton flare-up, things seemed fine in the '90's and into the '00's.

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If they can't fight battles that have mostly been won how are they going to make a living.

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"...streamlined a 24/7 nihilism-fest...." Excellent and true. Racism didn't end, but we seemed past the point where we were fixated on race as a nation. After G.W. Bush we seemed to slowly but surely return to that fixation. There are a lot more important things about people than their color and shame on those who don't understand that. If one is fixated on an accidental immutable characteristic...i.e. a accident of birth...then you're fixated on the wrong thing about someone.

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People like being part of a Cause. Anti-racism is a cause, one is nobly fighting the benighted racists and defending the helpless victims. And a great virtue signal as well.

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Gotta love GenXer truth bombs.

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Truth.

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