No, I am class-ist. I allow my class (not upper) to determine my animal instinctual preservation reaction. Once the potential adversary acknowledges me in any friendly or open way, my "classism" instantly disappears and we become two human beings on the same insane planet.....
The truth is, I have friends whom I love and trust from every (American) minority group: black, Hispanic, Asian, gays, lesbians, disabled. high school educated, teens, senior citizens, and Californian Republicans. (This is true.).
It is hardest for me to have friends in groups I intellectually, politically, or morally oppose: religious fundamentalists, NRA enthusiasts, the Tea Party, American ultra-nationalists, or truly prejudiced people.
Yes, I was prejudiced as a child, inheriting the symptom from my "good" parents who were not consciously prejudiced in their intellect, but out of fear and lack of first-hand relationships with those not in their own limited group. I don't feel prejudiced now, but prejudice isn't a competition. It's a social disease, and while I am far from terminal, I carry some infected genes.
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