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Admittedly, I don't work in a profession where I do a ton of people watching. Also I live in a neighborhood that is ~80% black, and the whites that move here are inherently unafraid of blacks or else there's no chance they would live here. Perhaps my judgments have been perverted by my environment. I suppose my overall point (which maybe I didn't articulate well) was that using old, loaded language to describe the modern world might be a hindrance to progress toward a more just society.
JakobVirgil · 4482 days ago · link ·
Some folks are just scared of poor people and black is a heuristic for poverty. I think it is better to be aware of our prejudices and work on improving them than to stay in the dark on our own prejudice.