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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Uhmmmm, no. I'm black and was raised in the projects of DC. My mother still lives in a bad area. If I were to buy something to eat from a restaurant near her house, I might include that warning to those who aren't of the "raised in a poor dangerous area and know how to handle themselves" ilk. Could be white, black, brown, etc.

The country club scenario is about possible discrimination/racism; the "this place is in the hood, so be careful" thing is different. Like it or not, some places in the DC area are dangerous as hell and you shouldn't walk in blinded to the truth. [/quote]

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