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When I lived in the Americas it would happen that I& #39;m with a white person, but say that person is on their porch and I& #39;m outside or say they are in a car and I& #39;m on the street...
Well in this situation say a black man approached me for change or directions or whatever...
Well in this situation say a black man approached me for change or directions or whatever...
Afterwards I would join my white friend or family member, and they would say "what did he/they want? You have to be careful."
Often the person asking would not be someone who is particularly racist*. They vote left / liberal, never talk bad about people of color, teach their kids to treat everybody equally, etc.
I suppose I am lucky to have grown up around people of different races so that if I see a black person who dresses like a rapper I don& #39;t see someone who might want to harm me, I see someone who looks like people that I grew up with.
I see people who I& #39;ve worked with, people who I& #39;ve been close to, people who I& #39;ve gone on vacation with, people who I& #39;ve shared hours and days and months and years with.
A lot of people don& #39;t see that when they see someone of a different race. That doesn& #39;t make them evil racists but they are afraid of a stereotype simply because they haven& #39;t known any prototypes.
Mind you when I say this happened the Americas (USA & VZLA) it& #39;s because these societies are more violent, not because people are necessarily more racist than in some of the other countries I lived.
In Europe people are racist as well, but there is less street crime than in the States (and a LOT less than in Venezuela) so I don& #39;t get the "be careful."
But the point is, every person is A PERSON. It& #39;s sad to see a black man feel like he needs to explain why he is just as human as a white person.
This is not to say my mind is free of racism bc, hence the asterisk earlier, nobody is 0% racist. But ask yourself if you are always afraid of people of a certain color and attire, maybe, and I sincerely don& #39;t know how, but maybe you should try and do something about that fear.
