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Originally Posted by blueash
And if you were black and were very aware of the real issues of driving while black, walking while black, shopping while black, you also would be very aware that even without any conscious discriminatory intent our culture and the person who called the cop had just a bit of extra alertness and extra suspicion when it was a black person who was picking some weeds. If you don't understand that view of how it happens too often and impacts the black experience in America you are not listening. It has been Oprah and Condoleezza not just those you don't know like this landscaper. No one is color blind in our society, not those on the left either. And for anyone to state that this man's color did not play a role in the aroused suspicion of the neighbor is ignoring reality.
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Why people make race an issue when it is not are doing a disservice to all of us.
Making a generalization about danger is one of the reasons that our species survived. It is innate and may be socially wrong to summarize. But it is effective.
If I saw a guy that looked like he was out of place here among mostly old, white people I would wonder what he is doing. We have neighbors of all colors and they look pretty much alike. Most of us have grandchildren and they look pretty much alike, even the landscapers look pretty much alike.
When you want to find wrong and hate you look for it everywhere and in so condemn innocent people. Some who live here are racists and bigots and some are not.
People who are obsessed with race keep saying the same things over and over. FROM BOTH SIDES.