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popa_bar_abba
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I had a conversation with a friend about racism. She was saying how she is so accepting of all types and doesn’t judge anyone based on their skin color. I then asked her the following: If were walking alone at night, and there were only 2 streets to get you home, which one would you take? The narrow street that had a group of ex: Middle Eastern, African American, etc.. teens hanging out? Or the other narrow street that had a group of Caucasian teens hanging out? I wont mention her answer, but she understood what i meant about racism.

Don’t pull all of us in on your racism. You’re the racist one.

Your example makes no sense, unless you have also equalized the other factors. You and your racist friend are both picturing the caucasian teens as a bunch of pleasant looking politely dressed young men sitting around on lawn chairs smoking pipes, and imagining the african american teens as dressed in gang dress, acting rowdy, sitting on cars, and drinking malt liquor out of paper bags.

But equalize the surrounding factors, and why would anyone choose one street over the other, unless in the middle of racial tensions?

Racist.