hitting him or kicking him. One guy was kicking at his spine. Another guy

hitting on the side of the face... He was unconscious. He was bleeding.

Everybody had blood on their forearms. We ran back up the hill laughing...

He should have died... He lost so much blood he turned white. He got

The skinheads who performed this random act of racial violence in 1990,

had no reason to brutally beat their victim other than the fact that he was

Mexican (Ridgeway 167). Racism is objectively defined as any practice of

ethnic discrimination or segregation. Fortunately, racial violence is

steadily declining as the turn of the century approaches. Now a new form

of racism, covert racism, has recently sprung from the pressures of

political correctness. This new form of racism, although slowly declining,

still shows signs of strong support (Piazza 86). Covert racism assumes a

form of civil disobedience against politically correct thought and speech.

Essentially, covert racism is a "hidden" racism, or a racism not easily

detected (Piazza 78). "Racism is still strongly prevalent in today's

groups serve as the epitome of racial thought and speech (Ridgeway 10).

48). However, many whites view this special treatment of minorities for

15). All of these groups are given the freedom to express their ideas of

quotas, and set-asides" (Piazza 34). The main agenda revolves around

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