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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]stay clear of her. The irony is that only the federal government would hire such an idiot, she's lucky to be employed[/quote]

I've worked in the federal government for years.  You see idiots all the time of both races.  I do recall telling some of my afro american co workers that the  food they were eating smelled good and asked where they got it?  I was just trying to be friendly.  I was told by one afro woman  "We got it in a neighborhood you don't want to be seen in"  (Meaning because I am white).   I just walked away.  What if I said "My husband and I had dinner at x and x country club in McClean last night" when asked.   And then said to a afro person  "not a neighborhood you want to be found in".   Wouldn't go over too well.

I get sick of the whole thing.   Just try to treat all with respect.[/quote]

[b]She could've just meant that the neighborhood was dangerous. Not you as a "white" person, but you as a person in general (who values your safety). [/b]
BTW, it's African American. [/quote]

That's their point, you wouldn't feel "safe" because you are minority in their neighborhood.  You feel unsafe merely by becoming a minority.  You equate a black neighborhood as [i]automatically [/i] being unsafe.[/quote]

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