What's Wrong With White People in America?

[ProudLib72]

31. Continued segregation

I grew up in TX where there were a lot of black people. I rarely if ever interacted with them. I moved out of there to CO when I was still young enough to reassess my perspective. Even then, most of CO is white or Hispanic (not black.) It wasn't until I worked for several years in a predominantly immigrant suburb that I really began to appreciate diversity.

Yes, I mean that I had to be retrained through cultural immersion. That was the only thing that really did it. And I had to work at a school that was mostly POC.

Look, I say that I learned a hell of a lot, but I'm still worried about reverting. I suppose that, in the end, that's the best I can do: continuously work on self awareness. I sincerely doubt that is possible in the dominant white culture without having had the exposure I've had.