[Julie]

I am black, and interestingly enough, when I went to Italy, I could not keep the men away from me. And of the white men I have dated, a large number of have been Italian. Robert DeNiro, for example, almost exclusively dates black women. I have definitely seen and heard incidents of Italians hating blacks, but I've heard of Italian guys digging black women just as, if not more, frequently.

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Name : Julie, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Methodist, Age : 30, City : San Francisco, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Manager, Social class : Upper middle class, 

[Julie]

As a black woman who occasionally wears my hair in braids, the best example of this is as follows: I was in a bakery in a very chi-chi town in the Napa Valley, where I used to live. This 'stereoptypical' rich matron came in- tennis whites, mega diamonds, frosted hair, manicured- the whole bit. She walks over to me, says, 'Your hair is gorgeous,' and before I can say anything, actually reached out and started stroking my hair repeatedly! Now, lest you think this is not that big a deal- imagine if I, a black woman, had walked up to her, a wealthy white woman, and starting touching her hair repeatedly without her permission. But I believe that because I am black, she totally unconsciously felt a sense of entitlement to stroke my hair, almost like I were a piece of her property. Another one is, since I am very articulate-sounding and precise when speaking on the phone, when I show up for job interviews, I always get the 'Omigod, she's black!' eye widen, even if they later turn out to be adjusted, non-racist individuals. In fact, my boss, who is also black, and a senior vice president, recently met someone for business that he had been talking to on the phone for a while, and the guy actually said- 'You look different than your voice!' That's happened to me, as well! No offense intended, but in order to keep from going through life infuriated by these subtle little indignities, my mom and I use to just laugh, shake our heads, and say 'White folks!' And since I grew up almost entirely around white people, we said this a lot!

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Name : Julie, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Methodist, Age : 30, City : San Francisco, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Manager, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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