Why so much blatant racism is bubbling to the surface The firing of a teacher’s aide in Forsyth County, Ga., the censuring of a small-town mayor in Pennsylvania, the arrest of an East Tennessee State University student – all three after comparing black people to apes. These recent examples of blatant racism have been met by swift public condemnation. Americans, on the whole, remain firmly intolerant of intolerance. But shudders of racist sentiments in times of civil unrest are hardly new, and the current bout is noteworthy, say some ethicists and historians. The racist speech is accompanied by an emboldening of white supremacist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan ... Continue reading... http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2016/1009/Why-so-much-blatant-racism-is-bubbling-to-the-surface
