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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah ... I think what you've learned here is that DC is not a very cosmopolitan place, not compared to NYC, to say the least! At the same time, DC can be an extremely earnest/PC place. You add these two things together, and you get the kinds of awkwardness you encountered. Also, DC has such a complex and difficult history of black-white race issues that white people tend to think "black" when they think race and ethnicity, and they just don't have a mental category for other people of color. On a somewhat more negative note, I have witnessed more out and out racism and racial hostility here in DC than in any of the other cities I've lived in. I think it has to do with those long-simmering racial resentments, the current severe racial inequalities, and the fact that DC is after all south of the Mason Dixon line.[/quote]
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