[Jane P.]

Maybe there is a high concentration of Middle Easterners living in your area, thus producing what seems to you as disproportionate numbers of Middle Easterners working at 7-11 and Dunkin' Donuts. I can tell you that here, most employees of our Dunkin' Donuts are white or black, as we have a very small Middle Eastern community. When I lived in San Diego, the employees ranged from Hispanic, black, white, Asian (where there is a large Filipino community) and some African natives. I suppose it depends on where you live and what ethnic communities live there.

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Name : Jane P., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Raleigh, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : Paralegal, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

[Jane P.]

I almost fell out of my seat when I read this. As a native Southerner who has just relocated back to the South from San Diego, California, I implore you to visit 'America's Finest City', San Diego, where you will find that NO ONE will speak to you first. Hell, they don't even speak when spoken to! Speaking to strangers, even in passing, is a courtesy that's important in the South but not everywhere in this country. I often felt slighted by the fact that I always said 'Hi' to people in San Diego in passing and they didn't respond. This silence came from Blacks, Whites, Asians, Latinos, etc. I eventually figured out that that is just how it is in Southern California and that no harm was intended by their lack of a reply. By the way, my husband is white and he doesn't speak to anyone on the street, which I find extremely rude. He's also not from the South but from upstate New York and I think this has a lot to do with it!

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Name : Jane P., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Raleigh, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : Paralegal, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

[Jane P.]

I'm not sure about Minneapolis or what type of people live there but I kinda understand where you're coming from. I, too, flinch when I see any group of young men congregating in mass, regardless of race. I've had female friends harrassed and followed by the 'skate punks' in the mall, all of whom are white. And I recently had my front door kicked in in an attempted robbery of my home by a gun-toting, heroin-addicted drifter, also white. Am I afraid of whites, particulary white men? Not a chance. I married a white male even though society (and my parents) lead me to believe all white men have the tendency to molest children and are serial killers. I think being victimized by anyone will make you leery of that particular group, especially if they are all of one race group but as a human with a great deal of hope and faith in my fellow man, I have to give everyone the benefit of a doubt until they prove themselves to not be worthy of such benefit.

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Name : Jane P., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Raleigh, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : Paralegal, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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