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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I'm not white.[/quote]

I don't care what race you are.  Black mother here.   My son would never behave this way, and the behavior is beyond my comprehension, so how could I answer why this was done to you?  Were you looking fearful?  Did you run to your car?  Did you clutch your baby closer?  Now, when I have experienced that type of behavior from people it surely pisses me off.  I am no one you need to cross the street from.  I have no interested, nor does anyone in my family have interest in snatching your purse.  Maybe you looked terrified at coming across 4 black males?  If so, maybe that's why one of them spit![/quote]

Several people, predominantly AA, seem to be making a similar point: OP may have invited the spitting behavior by looking "fearful." As someone born abroad, may I ask is this is a common cultural expectation in the US? in the AA community? in DC? or just a random coincidence? [/quote]

To clarify my question: in my culture, if someone looks "fearful," you'd probably smile, or do something to defuse tension, not spit on them/ their car (unless you're a thug, of course, but this is not the scenario OP or PPs were talking about, we were talking average teenagers, and cultural assumptions by DCUM posters)[/quote]

Sorry person, but if you have folks crossing the street and scared of you, you are not gonna smile at them or defuse the situation.  This is a constant experience, not rare.  It gets old. Obviously, you have no ability to empathize.  As they say, if you've not walked a mile in someone's shoes, you don't know.[/quote]

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