28 Common Racist Attitudes And Behaviors

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97. BWAME was one of the 28 from the link in the OP

But What About ME?

Yeah, and I did not mention the Roots miniseries that almost all of America watched.

You said that black people could not see black people on TV and I proved that that was not true even in the 1970s. And the Cosby from my childhood was not on TV, he was on an LP titled "Bill Cosby is a very funny fellow".

I just find it odd that as a child I never divided the world into "people who look like me" (and even if I did that would include people like Lou Grant, Capt. McHale, and The Skipper? and would not include skinny guys like JJ and Roger from "What's Happening"?) and "people who don't" and never once complained when I was watching "Good Times" - "why aren't there any white people in this show?"

I also proved that I have experienced the horror of being asked for ID.

And this is your point - not that "WE don't get it", but really that "I don't get it and you do".

My point about kicking up dust on the story is that sometimes the simplest and the favorite explanation is NOT the only truth. You say that the story involves a minority and a non-minority. I say that maybe, just maybe, the story involves a woman who was friendly and another woman who was defensive. And thus it might not be all about race.