Those darn journalists

Reading the news, I came across this article from the AP:

Study Shows Students Indifferent to Racism

It’s about a study in Toronto where a person was brought into a room with a Black and a White and then the Black leaves and the White says something racist.  The study subject usually ignored the comment.  And it has this winner of a quote inside:

“It’s like these nasty racist comments aren’t having an effect,” said York University psychology professor Kerry Kawakami, the lead author.

“It’s important to remind people that just because a black man has been elected as president doesn’t mean racism is no longer a problem or issue in the States,” she added.

Nice conclusion.  Only this study was conducted in Canada with Canadian students.  So maybe the message should be that certain AP writers should take off their America-bashing glasses and realize that even Universal Health Care (no matter how long you have to wait for it) is no cure for racism in the Great White North…

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