[Beth]

When I was growing up in suburban Detroit, we had regular old people in our neighborhood… black, white, Asian, etc. I don’t remember anyone thinking one thing about the other – we all lived in relative harmony and respected one another’s differences. I may be looking back with rose colored glasses, but I remember going over to my black friends’ houses and such and learning little chants like ‘Yo’ mama, yo’ daddy, yo’ greasy greasy granny.’ I never thought of myself as being anything except a regular kid until I moved to suburban Buffalo when I was 12 years old. It seems that here, after 20 years of observation, the black people wish to alienate themselves from the others. I hate to say it, but in many cases, I find that ‘they’ perpetuate their own stereotypes by being active non-participants in the general flow of the community. Now, admittedly, the whites could be far more accomodating to diversity, but there is a giant cultural rift at work here. The more I observe the general pervasive atmosphere in the United States, the more I find that Buffalo is the norm, and my upbringing was the exception rather than the rule. I guess that my question to blacks is this: do you not like white people? And if not, why? I understand the whole history of oppression and such, but, I’m only 32. I didn’t do it, but I would be really angry had it been done to me. What is the general prevailing thought as to why ghettos exist? Anyway, thanks for letting me ramble.

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Name : Beth, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Mexican/Eastern European Ashkenazic, Religion : Jewish, Age : 32, City : Buffalo, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Advertising production manager, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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