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There is a television show I used to watch, called "Bob Hearts Abishola". I was shocked a bit when the character Abishola, a Nigerian, said to the character Bob, that when she lived in Nigeria, she did not know she was a black woman. She was just a person. When she emerged from her door, everyone looked exactly like her...and she felt comfortable. She held jobs as a nurse in Europe before coming to America, and again, was not really aware that she was supposed to be different.
But upon arrival in the United States, she had to wear a label...instantly. She was told that she was a black woman.
It was eye opening. What was also eye opening was the way I was treated in Lansing, Michigan when I purchased a house on the edge of a black neighborhood. I drove down Martin Luther King Highway to McDonalds and I wanted a mocha coffee, which they didn't carry at that time...so I ordered a chocolate milk, a coffee, and a breakfast sandwich. The woman at the drive through said in a voice dripping with hatred, "And here is your WHITE milk with chocolate, and your coffee, and here is your breakfast sandwich on your WHITE bread." She was just a hater...hating on me just because I was white. So to answer your question, yes black people can be and ARE racist. Not all of them. Just the haters.
But upon arrival in the United States, she had to wear a label...instantly. She was told that she was a black woman.
It was eye opening. What was also eye opening was the way I was treated in Lansing, Michigan when I purchased a house on the edge of a black neighborhood. I drove down Martin Luther King Highway to McDonalds and I wanted a mocha coffee, which they didn't carry at that time...so I ordered a chocolate milk, a coffee, and a breakfast sandwich. The woman at the drive through said in a voice dripping with hatred, "And here is your WHITE milk with chocolate, and your coffee, and here is your breakfast sandwich on your WHITE bread." She was just a hater...hating on me just because I was white. So to answer your question, yes black people can be and ARE racist. Not all of them. Just the haters.