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[quote=Anonymous]I came to this country with no concept of racism because everyone looked the same in my home country. My parents bought a nice home in PG county. I remember one time I went out to the basketball court in the summer, it was already dark so I was alone. A homeowner who lived close to the home came out and yelled "come on, it's after 9". I then became aware that people in the homes surrounding the court could hear the noise in this otherwise quiet neighborhood and went home. I realized then why no one played basketball at night even though the court had bright lights.

This was the early 90s.

By the time I left the neighborhood around 2000, it had become predominantly black. They could not turn off the lights at the courts for safety reasons, so they put up a very tall chain link fence and began locking it every night.  At least for me, that's one of the reasons I would not go back to a neighborhood like that, because I think it's important to be respectful to others, even though it would have been convenient for me to reason "don't buy a lot near a basketball court if you don't want to hear bouncing balls". It's such a small thing but signifies a broader problem. This was not the inner city, but a suburban development with big open meadow-like spaces, jogging trails, little creeks, and now a basketball court that looks like it was plucked right out of downtown DC. [/quote]

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