[A.W.]

In answer to your first question: OF COURSE it makes sense for a woman to lock her car. ALWAYS! And that’s true if anyone is around – black or white – or for that matter, if noone is around. The reality is we live in an unsafe society and violence transcends racial lines. As for your question about when it’s o.k. to be untrusting: I say its critical to be untrusting whenever you don’t feel safe. If you haven’t developed instincts about people, environments or situations then you should be suspicious with everyone until such time that you do – and again, violence transcends race. As for your anecdotal stories of black trickery and violence, I offer a few of my own: White cops beat Rodney King within inches of is death. Does that mean that ALL white police are racists? No. Recently in Western Washington, some white children threatened to kill all of the black children at a local high school. Does that mean that black children should feel threatened by all white children? Of course not. There are bad apples in every race. And let me assure you, a person who intends harm will use any means available to him/her to accomplish his/her goal – including playing the race card. Please don’t be so naive to think that only black villians would or have done that. Shame on you for allowing your own white guilt to get in the way of common sense. After all, if you weren’t intending to speak to the black man who robbed you for reasons other than racism you shouldn’t have spoken to him. Period. No amount of baiting should have mattered.

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Name : A.W., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 31, City : Seattle, State : WA, Country : United States, Occupation : Attorney, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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