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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]No. [b]It is not obvious to recent legal immigrants what may be ingrained in the psyche of Blacks and Whites in this country. We can only see what is in front of our eyes and we react to that.[/b] For example, we can see that many AA students are disinterested in school and are disruptive in the classroom or that many young and promising Black men are targeted by the police and vigilantes and their lives are over prematurely because they are Black. Both are disturbing to us and we can react to the both. Of course then we are either called racists or ignorent. Neither is true - we are actually the people who are not burdened with the racist history and see things as they exist today. [b]In fact, we judge people not be the color of their skins but by the content of their character.[/b] If I can teach my children from the time that they were young and now as teenagers that they cannot use the "N" word because it is abusive and racist. then there is no reason that Blacks and Whites cannot do that with their own children. [/quote]

NP here. As a fellow recent immigrant, I suggest reading up on the history of your adopted country -- books, Wikipedia, articles online. There are some excellent podcasts out there too.

Also, when you say "we judge people not by the color of their skins", who is "we" here? I don't know of any country/culture where skin color is not an issue in some way or the other. [/quote]

DP here, also a recent immigrant - I am not that much into investing time in something which I have no interest in. I understand for historical reasons some Americans have certain feelings about racial relations. I don't plan to become a politician so I don't really need to know how to manipulate people using that. I make judgement based on my own principles, not on any historical burdens of others.

So if I see something as unfair, I will treat it as that. I understand some people have reasons of doing things unfairly, but it is not going to change how I look at things.

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