This is what separates us, newman. The stats. If people focused on the fact that crime happens in every ethnicity and just protected themselves like normal instead of saying, since most blacks rape, murder, rob and deal drugs, a lot of our youth wouldn't be afraid to come toward the white man to ask him for help. They assume that you think these things of them and refuse to ask help because you may treat them like criminals. That's not their fault. Its the fault of those who actually commit crimes in the name of selfishness.
What do you say to those teenagers who you assume to have comitted crimes, had children at a young age, and such but haven't even experienced those things? I wonder?
I say nothing because I've crossed the street when I saw them comming.
Newman, who taught you to think and behave the way you do? Does this come from your parents?
Life experience, a grasp on reality and common sense. When you're all grown up, you'll have these things, too.
Newman, I have life experience. As I said, I've been attacked by gangs of blacks. I don't have any illusions about how safe certain neighborhoods are. I know better than to walk outside by myself at night in the neighborhood that I teach in. All I'm saying is that it's not accurate to make generalized judgments based on an entire group of people just based on your experiences of them. You need to judge people as individuals, as corny and cliche' as that might sound.
To this day, Daniel, I am wary about gangs of black teens hanging on the corner. I've had experience with gangs, in 7th grade, 6 boys chased me home with sticks, chains and other weapons because I bumped into one of them by mistake. I'm careful but I'm not out of tune with what happens in the community I came from. As a matter of fact, there are places in Chicago where if you're caught on the 'other side of the tracks' in a white neighborhood, you can be hunted like a dog by a gang of white thugs and beaten because 'blacks don't belong there'...Same in Mexican, black and other neighborhoods. Its stupid, really. Everyone who reacts to people in this way are ignorant and certifiably nuts, IMO.
I'm a little worried about what kind of neighbors we'll have when my husband retires in 4 years. When we buy our house in the suburbs of Illinois, will our white neighbors pass around a petition to get rid of us because we're black and drive nice vehicles? (Because you KNOW we must be drug dealers)... Living next door to someone like Newman would be my worse nightmare.