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No child is born racist.. what happened as they get older ?

SW-User
Conditioning. I grew up in a small town that literally had only 2 black people. The school did not celebrate Martin Luther King day and I was constantly hearing about the nearby big city and all these crimes being committed by black people. My Dad was also always telling me that black men love to date white women and abuse them. In highschool we moved to the city where I attended the big public school. The school had it's own policeman and there was so much fighting practically daily mostly by the black kids from the ghetto. A group of them tried to rape a girl in the parking lot one day during lunch. One kept trying to proposition me for blow jobs and when I told him no he called me a dyke. I'm not racist but I think I have been conditioned to not be romantically or sexually attracted to certain races. When you start learning this stuff from such a young age it can be hard to disentangle from it because you think of it as a safety and survival mechanism. Nowadays I can be friends with black people but am not romantically or sexually attracted to them. Some have called me racist for this but I can't help it.
BlueVeins · 22-25
@SW-User sorry you had to go through that and no, of course you're not a racist any more than a gay dude is a sexist for not being attracted to women.
usher · 41-45, F
@SW-User Thanks for sharing that story.. Sorry that this happen and I can understand your situation truly. Yes things like that would make you realize what happens in mix race communities.
Penny · 46-50, F
social conditioning, bad experiences...
usher · 41-45, F
@Penny what a shame
Penny · 46-50, F
@usher yeah. i agree. people arent the same just because they share a skin color. and too I think there's a difference between having prejudices and being racist. i think its natural or easy to develop prejudices and its our job to challenge them when they arise in ourselves
smiler2012 · 56-60
[@nexus ] very true being a baby will be the most innocent time . alas as we grow we starting making judgement and having thoughts on things and our mind s persaded by others with wrong ideas and ideals alas
usher · 41-45, F
@smiler2012 We are true angels when we are just babies.
FreestyleArt · 31-35, M
and our schools these Dems created will make them reborn of Cancer learning that doesn't produce of creating life.

 
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