Misunderstandings are awful. Insult and offense are unnecessary if there was a misunderstanding. Friendship will be destroyed and trust will die if a hurtful motive is assumed. If the bad motivation wasn't really there, it can be tragic. We need more friends and more trust, not less.
All to say, we must put effort into clear communication. Part of that is simply to know what words mean. Words can be weapons if the meaning is twisted, manipulated.
Racism is such a word. What do people mean by it?
But first, some data from the U.S. Census Bureau put into chart form:
(cont'd tomorrow)
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