Given that both cofax7 and coffeeandink felt it a genuine risk that the OP would be attacked and vilified for bringing up that matter in the first place, and given I can think of several people who reluctant to mention race except in flocked posts or even only in person, it doesn't strike me as inconceivable that interesting and productive conversations are being shut down.
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Date: 2008-05-08 08:09 am (UTC)