[Harriett-P]

While this person was clearly wrong in assuming your denial of giving him change was because of race, it does show that racial tensions still run high in this country. Yes, many blacks do still think that white people hate or dislike them because of their skin color. This persists partly because we have still had experiences with racism in this day and age and it is quite common. Most of the friends that I know have at least one experience that was clearly racially motivated. Another reason why this persists is that we tend to remember experiences that confirm our beliefs. A lot of younger blacks have been indoctrinated by family members to have, if not a healthy dislike, at least a slight suspicion of white people. Therefore, when we experience racism we remember those experience more so than the hundreds of benign encounters with those of other races.

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Name : Harriett-P, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 25, City : Cumming, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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