> While at the Wal-Mart recently, I noticed that a lot of our ever-growing Mexican population were there. They tend to go as families. After wandering around a while, I found my wife and commented that the Mexicans sure do have beautiful children. Their straight black hair and dark eyes stand out in this area where blonde and brown hair, blue and grey eyes are common.
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> Is that paragraph racist? Put it on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being horribly racist. Which sentence is the worst or best part?
> Howard

I wouldn't call it racist. I've worked in the same restaurant for seven years, and probably half of my co-workers are Mexican. On a couple of occasions, friends there have told me they think white babies are more beautiful than Mexican babies, and I look at them like they're crazy. I'd have to agree with you, Howard. I love the perfect skin and thick, dark hair. I don't think it's racist; I think the eye is more drawn to what it sees as different and exotic. To a Mexican, that's a blue-eyed, fair-skinned baby. To me, it's a black-eyed, dark-haired baby.

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