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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, because all AA's display the exact same behaviors. [/quote]

OP here-- no, but when an individual of your ethnicity commits an outrageous act, do you not feel shame? We are all representatives of our identities to the larger world - ethnicity, nationality, etc. If this were not the case, concepts such as "White Guilt" or Germany's guilt over Nazis would not exist. I'm requesting an AA's explanation because before I add this to the "well, some AAs are just hostile towards me" category in my mind, I'd like to have someone at least defend their case.[/quote]

No, it doesn't work like that here. Maybe it does in your country, but not here. One AA is not representative of all, and no one can answer why he did it, except for him.[/quote]

OP here-- I agree that his action does not represent his whole peoples. However, [b]I'm trying my best not to generalize and stereotype the entire African American population based on this one incident[/b] and I'm beating myself up for not speaking out  (asking why he did it), but then again, after that hostile act towards me, I didn't want any more trouble. Is there just a general hostility between African Americans and Asian Americans around this area? (ex. I know it's a problem between, say, Koreans and African Americans in LA)[/quote]

No, you're not really trying your best. When I hear the young white men in my area talk about "fags" and "stupid queers" and "ugly dykes," I don't rush to DCUM to find out if all young white men are homophobes. [/quote]

OP here-- PP, you're talking about a cross-cultural issue there. And unfortunately, a large part of this nation's population is homophobic, much to their detriment. If you were living in a community that was homophobic, would you not wish to know and alter your behavior when you go out accordingly? I'm simply asking for the same thing. If there is some beef between African Americans and Asians in this area because of something reprehensible or untoward that Asians committed toward African Americans in the past, I'd like to know and I would alter my behavior while living here appropriately.[/quote]

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