Friday, October 2, 2009
The Cycle Continues
I'm in a mentoring program on campus. They are all sophomores at Brockton High that I mentor. They are talking a little bit about the Jamie Foxx movie and how at least we know "the black dude ain' gonna die first." All 3 of my specific mentees happen to be black. I was walking to the bus with them today and an older, white couple walks up to me. Pretty harmless and they seemed to be enjoying their evening. The lady then asks "Are you all right?" I'm taken back by the question. I say "yes ma'am, why wouldn't I be?" Her response, "well you know..." and she glances to each of the 15 year old boys I'm with. To their credit they said nothing that could have made the situation worse. But it's like What the Hell? Seriously, I don't understand. These boys did nothing. They were laughing and talking and were quite content. You can see it in their eyes though: it has happened before and it wears on you. Sometimes people just suck.
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Wow. I can't say I've experienced anything to that degree. That must have been an eye-opening experience for you. Althought, as sad as it is, for young black males I bet they do get use to it. I have asked some of my black male friends if they have ever experienced any form of racism and they kind of laugh at me like, "of course I have".
ReplyDeleteyeah. it's sad because it's not eye-opening. It happens all the time. Me being white with black friends is apparently not normal
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