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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ great idea. Ya know, since it’s really ALL white people you are talking- why don’t we just make separate cars for black people. That seems reasonable. [/quote]

Funny but no.  Jim Crow is dead (good riddance) and nobody is raising forced segregation from the dead.  Not happening.  However, self-segregation is still very much alive and very much an individual's right.  So if you don't like non-whites and you don't feel comfortable when several of them or even one of them comes and stands near you while waiting for a train then you certainly have the right to move away to the other end of the platform.  And if you don't like none-whites and you don't feel comfortable when several of them or even one of them comes and sits near you while you're on the train then you certainly have the right to get up and move away to the other end of the car or if it will make you feel better you can change cars entirely.  That is not only reasonable but constitutional.[/quote]

Great idea. Maybe all the people who are concerned about non whites should just move to areas without them at all. Oh wait, no need. That’s what great schools ratings are for![/quote]

I'm glad you got a sense of humor about it, but this is a genuine concern for folks as evidenced by the recurring admissions of angst and uneasiness from posters in numerous threads of varying topics that involve non-whites.  Evidently there are a lot of white people in the DC Metro area who may not have a social anxiety disorder per se, but they definitely have anxieties about being around non-white people and they don't know how to deal with those anxieties when encountering black or brown people in public because they are even more afraid of the impression their avoidance gives.  I think it's important to let them know it's perfectly okay to keep your distance, to move away, to avoid situations and circumstances that make them feel uncomfortable.  I think they need to ask themselves which is worse, walking away and being perceived as racist or staying put and practically peeing their pants for fear that the dark thugs will get them?   [/quote]

Well it depends, of course.  Being credibly accused of racism is a career-ender for many, and of course there are social consequences too.  So you need to balance the risks.  It would of course be better to have a system where people could not commit acts of violence with impunity,  but I guess that is too much to ask.[/quote]

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