[Wayne24386]

I suspect you are mistaking an action based on socio-economic status for an action based on race or culture. I have friends and family from most classes (well, not wealthy). I notice this behavior almost exclusively in blacks from lower classes. Interestingly, I’ve noticed this behavior in various whites from middle and wealthy classes. Not all of them, of course. It’s as if they think ‘the world is made for them.’ As far blacks who do litter (most of whom, in my experience, are extremely poor), have you ever really spent some time with people who are really poor? In their home? In their neighborhood? The environment is such that they become used to trash. I recall a woman I was dating who lived in a building run by a slumlord. Really bad area. The streets and elevator smelled of urine. You would see needles on the street. And that was just the beginning. I was actually afraid to go visit her. And I was correct to be nervous — I wasn’t from there, so the guys on the street didn’t know me. But I went, anyway. Well, the building was roach-infested. She was a very clean person, but the roaches came out in the light. Nothing she could do about it in that building. And she had gotten used to it. She once commented to me, ‘ Uh, you aren’t used to being around bugs too much, are you?’ She was embarrassed. Now, she didn’t litter (at least not around me) but it is easy to begin to think of it as no big thing if you lived in that stuff every day. Then you wouldn’t hesitate to drop trash on the street, because it’s just like the street three steps from your front door.

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Name : Wayne24386, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Age : 43, City : Parsippany, State : NJ, Country : United States, Occupation : marketing, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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