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In reply to the discussion: White Iowa Teacher Tells Black Student To Respond To Him Saying, “Yes sir, master” [View all]PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)Though I still would not have come back with an awful response such as he did.
Personal story of how I almost got upset about something (kind of similar). Several weeks ago I was driving home from the grocery store. Got to the alley-way that I drive up and there an AA male and female standing on the sidewalk right in the middle of the alley. Put on my turn signal and waited. Several seconds went by. They looked over at me. I smiled and waved. They moved over out of the alley-way on the sidewalk. I turned and pulled in. AA male bowed to me as I pulled past. Truthfully, right at that second I got pretty pissed. I did not see myself as "above" them in any way, yet seeing his reaction made me believe that he did think that I thought that way. I almost stopped and said something, but just calmed down and moved on. Still, if they had stood on the sidewalk 2 feet either direction, not right in the middle of the alley, the whole incident would have been avoided. Cars do go in on out of the alley fairly regular. I do not know what he was thinking, but the situation did not sit well with me.