As a child, growing up in the ’70s and still feeling the nearness of the civil rights movement of the ’60s, I believed that as time progressed America would become more and more open as a society and less prejudiced against people who are different from ourselves.
But, in his new book, Race-Baiter, media critic Eric Deggans calls into question my assumption that in America intolerance and narrow-mindedness are on a slow, but constant decline.
Instead, in an interview with Neal Conan on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, he suggests that modern media outlets, including 24-hour news programs, reality TV and even scripted television exploit prejudice and bias to build audience and sell advertising.
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We live in Oklahoma. My college age daughter is very thoughtful about her views and holds conservative, libertarian and liberal views about various topics. She was recently told by one of her best friends that she just shouldn’t vote because one of her views didn’t line up exactly with her friend’s. The friend was very intolerant of her having a different view than hers. We have a tough way to go when even friends won’t try to listen to one another, but want to shut each other down.