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Originally Posted by Giant Cranium
I worked in nyc at Central Park and was the only white bloke. Some of their stories were incredible about being chased and beaten for being black.
The thing that hurt them daily was people coming to me for directions when we were all together as I was the only white one there. It happened from my first day. Then watching people reactions when I directed them to the black person to answer the question. You would see the people get nervous then repeat the question slowly
You could see the pain and anger in my coworkers faces.
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That's human nature, people will naturally group together with people who are similar to themselves, that's why Melbourne in particular ends up with suburbs and regions flooded with particular ethnicities.
It goes both ways, they'd be doing it subconsciously.