# New Deal Democrat and his views on race

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrat-and-his-views-on-race/575492>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 21, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrat-and-his-views-on-race/575492 "2011-03-21T18:47:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrat-and-his-views-on-race/575492/13 "2011-03-21T20:12:03Z")

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He doesn’t object to the label.

> [@Let's Have a Frank Discussion on Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-frank-discussion-on-race/548161/238):
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> Please don’t take this the wrong way, but how do you define the word "racist"such that you would not be included in that group? Let’s look at the text book definition…

> [@Let's Have a Frank Discussion on Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-frank-discussion-on-race/548161/242):
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> By that definition I am a racist, but then so are most Americans. I really do not care.

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