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[quote=Anonymous]17:01 I think you have to look at it in two levels. The first is personal - some people are just too f'ed up to see you for who you are and that's on them, not you. If they can't accept you without you going through this arduous test, you need to let it go. You don't have to have every black person see you as okay. The other level is structural and my sense is that AAs in this society do have to be more cautious around some white people - so maybe the people you're referring to have been burned in the past and have been hurt by racist assumptions. They may be assholes but the fact still is that the playing field is still not level. White professionals still have their way smoothed for them that Black professionals do not. But still, if you're doing your best to be a responsible member of society you have to let this go and not expect that everyone is going to accept you for who you are. [/quote]
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