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Originally Posted by simon varley
I'm white. The vast majority of my friends are white. I live in a very white neigbourhood. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for blacks, asians and hispanics to be in fear everytime they leave the house. whether it is institutionalised, or casual it must be horrible. I can't condone the looting, but I can totally understand the anger
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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.