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[quote=Anonymous]But it does, OP.  It does.  It's the city.  All sorts of people from a bunch of different backgrounds bump into each other eevry day.  Sometimes, some of those interactions are unpleasant.

Many years ago now two young men crossed the street to speak to me as I was walking to or from a T stop in Boston.  One of them said, "My friend here thinks you are hot."  Pause.  "But I think he's mistaken."

Why me?  Why did a couple of young cocky white guys want to cross the street and speak to me and insult me?  I wasn't looking at them.  I wasn't doing anything, just going about my business.  I always keep my eyes down when I am walking to or from the subway.  No eye contact no trouble, you know?

They just felt like ruining somebody's day, and I happened to be the one.  Woudl they have done it to any tiny white girl (like me) who came along?  Any girl at all?  I don't know.  Nor can you know.  You will never know what motivated them.  You can know that teenage boys and early 20s boys can be a**holes.  They can even be dangerous - see the stats on how many get locked up.  But that has everything to do with hormones and nothing to do with race.

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