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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like it would go really far for black people to:

1. Strive to appear educated. 
2. Speak more quietly in public.
3. Pick their pants up.
4. Smile sometimes. Every black mother I am friends with on FB who has a teen or older son has zero pictures of them smiling. They all look angry and menacing.[/quote]

5. Stop snapping your gum in public--it says you don't care about others around you.
6. Teach kids and teenagers that it is not okay to do passive-aggressive behavior to whites i.e. take up the whole side-walk and walk very slowly when you know someone would really like to pass by. Or wait until you are right next to the ear of someone else to bark at your friend across the street.
7. [b]Try not to assume that every white person is probably racist and dislikes you. It's not true.[/b]

This is a tough question to answer but for me I really feel like it starts with the attitude of the black person I meet. It's a problem of not being able to leave the past behind. I find it worlds easier to get to know and stay friends with blacks who are African they are more trusting and less suspicious than African Americans. You feel like you are not categorized as "the enemy" or "potential enemy."

I am no way saying that whites haven't contributed to the problem but I am expressing what for me, would make things easier. Mostly, I am just so tired of being uncomfortable around blacks.[/quote]Wow,  do you have any idea how ironic this bolded statement is? Try not to assume that every teenager of dark hue is being annoying because you're white (or at any rate not black).  In my experience, teens can be annoying for a wide variety of reasons.  You can't read their minds to know why they seem rude to you just like they can't read your mind to know whether your behavior is motivated by racism or not.  You want them to keep an open mind?  Maybe you should resist jumping to conclusions yourself.

Oh and for the record, I know a number of nice, polite native-born black teens.[/quote]

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