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In reply to the discussion: Here's a list of people Tara Reade has accused of assault or harassment. [View all]Bucky
(53,947 posts)Hatred can be everywhere. I lived in a poor predominantly black neighborhood here in Houston for a couple of years and worked in that neighborhood for three years long before that. I don't recall ever having a problem like that. However there was one convenience store, a chain outfit, that I avoided that was a hub for pan handlers. That place's managers never bothered to chase off the bums the way the little O&O mom and pop shops would.
My point being that it's probably helpful to think of the problem being people being rude and hostile rather than black people being rude and hostile. There's a whole rainbow of assholes out there in the world, and they tend to cluster, but there's also a rainbow of courtesy. I hope you're able to find the latter and are willing to look past the skin that those attitudes are wrapped up in.