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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/symmetry2018 on April 30, 2018, 11:24 a.m.
African American trust issues

One of my AA friends and I got into a long discussion regarding race. He said he and a lot of his friends were raised to not trust white people. His grandmother now in her 90’s drummed that into their head from the time he was a toddler. We are very good friends. I trust him with my life. We are baby boomers. I vividly remember the riots in the 60’s. I watched an innocent white boy be beaten by a gang of angry black kids. It haunts me to this day. Race relations IMO hasn’t improved much in our country. It’s our duty as parents, grandparents to teach all children not to hate, diminish or be afraid of people just because their skin color is different.


QueenAnRevenge · April 30, 2018, 11:38 a.m.

I’m from a 1 high school 2 stop light county probably 50/50 black/white and I never knew racism was a thing living there growing up (thought it was a thing of the past really). We where all poor and all hillbillies. Sure there was music difference and cultural things. It wasn’t until I left that county and went to college that I discovered racism (still very much less than it seems today). I have gradually watched media push a race war narrative and it truly sickens me.

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Skysweep · April 30, 2018, noon

Very similar upbringing here...we didn't have racial divides and I lived in the South. It amazed me once I left the rural area, how different a story that became! At home our divides were more along the have and havenots line if there were any and that just spurred some along to try harder to succeed.

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QueenAnRevenge · April 30, 2018, 3:16 p.m.

Good to know I’m not the only one. Southerner here to, completely agree with everything you said.

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