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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live near a college campus and I've had my property vandalized by drunk white kids numerous times.  I never blamed it on racism (I'm not white), just them being drunk and obnoxious.  Only people of color are forced to take the blame for the actions of an individual.  [/quote]

I also I've in a college town and the white young "men" are some of the sorriest, most drunken, homophobic excuses for human beings I've ever seen.

I still don't think this is representative of all white people. [/quote]

Good point. I believe those people are called "white trash" in the US (I hate that label, but the fact is that it exists). Has the mainstream AA community equally created a "black trash" label to make it clear it doesn't share or condone unbecoming behaviors? [/quote]Not crazy about the use of "white trash" to begin with, but you do know that it's not like there is a AA language committee that assigns labels to different groups, don't you? That's been one of the objections that pps have raised about the OP's initial inquiry.  Certainly the spitter's behavior was awful and who knows whether it was racist or not, but it's not like the AA community can answer for everything everyone does.  The OP, being Asian, seems to feel more responsibility for other members of his race and their behavior, and apparently wanted the same kind of reaction from the AA posters. He didn't get it.  While I'm sympathetic (kid was clearly a jerk), I don't think it's appropriate to ask AA DCUMers to answer for the kid's behavior.

Believe me, as a white upper middle class professional, I would love to be able to control the behavior of rich, white spoiled teenagers and to label them in such a way that shows my disapproval of their behavior, but I can't answer for every white kid, only my own.[/quote]

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