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Have you experience racism?

My experience: I was just riding my bike around in the summer and this kid walked by me and stopped dribbling his basketball because I ( a person of darker skin) was nearby, his dad just said "this guy's an asshole, he won't have a future anyway." I was extremely offended by it, my color shouldn't determine what's in store for me. The dad, ironically, had a spray tan. So he thinks someone with darker skin can be so unsuccessful, yet he tries to look like he has darker skin.

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MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

😜 How do you know that it was because you had darker skin...?

DoorMattress · 22-25, M

Because the dad reacted fine with all the lighter skinned kids around, even the extremely intimidating looking ones, but once they went passed me they reacted different

MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

@DoorMattress: Hmm well you know how we often feel like people are judging us? Maybe it's that..? overly conscious?

DoorMattress · 22-25, M

@MartinTheFirst: Maybe, but why would I judge a kid just dribbling his basketball? I didn't mean to look like I was judging him, all the white kids around the neighborhood boast about their skills and yet he's unaffected by them