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Originally Posted by thehef
If we're comparing racial relations going back decades, I don't think there's any question that they have improved. Significantly. That said, given how social media has given every knucklehead - from entertainers to politicians to influencers to whoever else - a voice (and the belief that their thoughts, opinions, rants and insults actually matter enough to be shared), combined with the more-recent trend towards lack of tolerance of others' socio-political beliefs & opinions, it's not surprising that racial insults (and the like) would uptick along with a lack of civility in general.
IOW - and we see this in sports and have discussed it here - we have been trending towards total classlessness for awhile. So it's - unfortunately - natural that race-relations would get sucked into the trend, even though it is still so much better than it was.
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I think there's an argument that racial relations haven't improved nearly enough. Although you are correct that with social media every person thinks their opinion is worth more than everyone elses regardless of how much or little educated they are. People tend to look for people to confirm their own opinions for the most part on social media not for people that challenge them.