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Originally Posted by alexamenos
I think where you say 'racist' I prefer the term 'tribalist'. Everyone is tribal, everyone....tribes are often divided along racial lines but race, I think, is secondary in most cases.
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agreed, race is just one of the dividing lines. But it is a quite glaring one, and it is also more persistent than many of the other lines. The Bush clan came from elite Connecticut, but have successfully ingratiated themselves into the Texas tribe in a single generation. That is fairly big jump. The children of black parents have a persistent badge that declares them part of the black clan to others (their physical appearance), whether they they choose to maintain that affiliation or not.