I'm a straight white male

[Ghost in the Machine]

32. Try doing a poll on how many white people have lived in fear of some other white people..

Make one of the choices "long haired, tattooed bikers worried about rednecks in their big trucks deliberately trying to run them off the road... for no good reason".

Another could be "white women who clutched their purses tighter, or men and women who ducked into a store, stopped by a mulling crowd, or crossed the street just because they saw a long haired, bearded, tattooed "biker looking" guy walking towards them".

I've had BOTH happen to me. Someone throwing beer bottles and/or cans at you, or swerving at you while you're riding along minding your own business isn't fun at all! Especially when you have to lay your bike down. The other examples are much easier. You can just smile, chuckle to yourself and keep on walking.. no harm, no foul, just people bigoted or frightened by stereotypes.

Sorry, but I've never bought into or fell for the "white guilt" trip. Neither my great grandparents, my grandparents, my parents nor I have ever owned any slaves, and we never condoned slavery or understood how someone could "own" another human being, so we don't have anything to feel guilty about as far as I'm concerned.

Another point *everyone* needs to remember is that slavery in the US began with white Europeans who came here from England and settled under the British flag. Slavery was/is a big stain in the history of our Country, but it was around for thousands of years before us, and it was ABOLISHED in less than 100 years of becoming our own sovereign nation known as the United States of America.

The racists and hatemongers of today just somehow failed to evolve with the rest of us.

Peace,

Ghost