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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 11:05 pm
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Originally Posted by TiredOfTooMuchTravel
seriously?? it just irks me when people start bringing up the "race card" or even hint at especially in cases when it has nothing to do with the situation at hand.
Discrimination is not a "card" - it's a reality for many. If racists have all sorts of underhanded ways of dismissing this reality, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. In OP's case, the reported discrimination was age based, but it's the same concept.
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