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Have you ever been discriminated against?

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I am sure as a black person you have come across rudeness in your life - how do you tell if they are being rude or being rude - and discriminatory BC of your skin color. ?

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@MarmeeMarch i havent had anything extreme happen ive been lucky

MarmeeMarch · M

Yea but your age group you must have come across come crap - do you ignore it. ???

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@MarmeeMarch Once, back in the 1950s, I asked a young black woman that question. The answer: "Most of the time you [i]don't[/i] know. And that is what makes it so destructive."

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@MarmeeMarch im mature enough to speak up if it does occur the younger me would have just taken it

MarmeeMarch · M

@greenmountaingal I guess but thay was the 50s and racism was there and accepted and actually there were laws against de seg/ you know.

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MarmeeMarch · M

@greenmountaingal all understood that is history - I think we are talking about in the present

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@MarmeeMarch I think, then or now, people, particularly children, are affected by prejudice even when it's not overt or obvious.