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In reply to the discussion: How can you be a Republican and not be a racist...?? [View all]busterbrown
(8,515 posts)stated that it was impossible to be White and not possess racist traits..
Even with myself, I find myself nervous when walking streets at night and noticing a group of young Black Men walking towards me, trying to decipher wether or not they pose a threat.. I been conditioned by
the eve local news throughout my life and my behavior is a good example of how my perceptions have been
hi-jacked.
I think the thing that separates me from the typical racist is the fact that I am fully aware of the circumstances of how this all came to be and am fully supportive of all Federal and State Programs which try to improve the lives of those whos ancestors arrived in this country....Unfortunately a many of these programs have been eliminated which have devastated such communities,,
Christ,as few as forty years ago, Blacks could not use the same bathrooms as Whites.