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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here-I suspect that my ticket was not dismissed because I am white.  Black people there with the same or greated traffic violations had their tickets dismissed.  By the way-I lived with racism for much of my childhood.  I lived in a majority black NYC area (think Bed Stuy-like where those 2 cops were killed), went to a school where I was the ONLY white kid in the class (plus 2 Hispanics with light skin).  I was bullied, called names and beat up onanalmost daily basis.  I went to college and grad school and chose a career helping underprivileged families and children in those very same neighborhoods.  I have worked in agencies that have been majority Black-and yes-I have faced additional dicrimination due to my skin color.  Hostile looks, nasty remarks, blatant disrespectful talk about White people in front of my face.  Do NOT try to tell me it does not exist because I am one white person who lived it.  It may be very easy for most of you who likely grew up in insulated, suburban white neighborhoods with and among the priviledged.  Its easy to sit in a Bethesda and Chevy Chase MD/DC McMansions and spew all your liberal bullshit-why don't you try something-move to PG County (Lanham or Capitol Heights seem nice) or SE and send your kids to a local school (c'mon y'all can afford it).  Try that and live it-then come back and inform us all what you have learned.  (Oh and please forgive any spelling and/or grammatical errors as the foundation of my education pretty much sucked cause it was no W school-though I did manage to graduate from a top teir college!)[/quote]

Thanks for your perspective, OP.  I am the other poster who posted the question above your message (17:53).  I suspect the reason the previous poster did not answer my question is because she would have had to admit that the other people in court with you should also have had to pay their fines, but didn’t.  And, by admitting this, would have to admit that you were mistreated, in a way.  When the only white face in the crowd is the only one who is forced to pay the fine when the others were presumably guilty, there is an issue. 
I also suspect that the previous poster is young, certainly liberal, and is on a campaign to end all social injustice in the world.  A lofty goal, for sure.  I am old enough to realize that things are so much better in this country than they used to be - not perfect, by any means, but much better.  I suspect she was not even a twinkle in her parents eye when conditions in this country were deplorable for anyone of color.  
I, too, have spent my career working with minority and poor children.  My upbringing was different, but I have always lived in neighborhoods of mixed races.  
Thank you for what you do.  [/quote]

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