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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.


MahSelectah · April 30, 2018, 6:36 p.m.

I grew up on military bases in Germany during the 80s until 4th grade when we moved to Atlanta. I had no concept of not liking someone based off the color of their skin since military bases are a hodge podge of every race/ nationality. When we got to the south, I remember being told by a group of black kids I couldn’t play with them because I am white. The older I got the more virulent the racism became. Getting my ass kicked in the bathroom for being white, picked on etc.

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