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Mark Sanford should have stuck to hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Afterthought:
In an environment tolerant of bigotry, ethnic and racial slurs become so ingrained that the persons uttering them don’t realize that that they are doing so.
That’s why they get taken aback when someone calls them on it, leading to responses such as “You’re being too sensitive,” “I was just making a joke,” or “No racism/sexism/etc was intended.”
They don’t notice it just as we don’t notice the nitrogen in the air we breathe, but, by God, it’s there.
