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Originally Posted by punky
As someone who has spent a considerable time in the US and the vast majority of that in the deep south, you're a bit wide of the mark.
America does have isolated problems with race, much like any other country. I wouldn't say that America is more inherently racist than us. Its hard to say definitively over such a big, varying country, but that's what my experience reflects.
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Isolated? Only if you call New York and Washington isolated. I have heard similar reports from many people who have visited those particular areas. Including one person who actually lives in Houston.
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Regarding the James Bond comment, many of Hollywood's leading actors and sports people are black. The leading American character in James Bond was most recently played by a black man. Given the fuss kicked up in Britain over a blonde and supposedly ugly James Bond, i'd say that we'd have a greater problem with it than the Americans.
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Actually, the comment was not based on my own opinion. It was in an article I read (hence the comment about I am not sure how true it is). I never said (nor did I imply) that Hollywood had a problem with Black people. Look at the amount of black people that are successful actors. I said they had a problem with James Bond (a quitessential Englishman) being black. Different thing entirely.