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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, I will make sure I tell my husband that.  The last time we were at Politics and Prose, the white woman next to us grabbed her purse when she saw my husband.  He looks as innocent and suburban as they come.  I guess that was our "victimhood" and we imagined it.[/quote]

There are plenty of neurotic and anxious people out there who will clutch their purses to themselves whenever ANYONE is near, regardless of color. [/quote]

Exactly, and some people, accustomed to or expecting discrimination, will perceive every purse-clutching as another example of it.

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Really??? Cause she didn't do it when anyone else was near.  She didn't even do it when I was standing next to her.  I know -- my perception.  Did it ever occur to you that it's real.  [/quote]

I aboslutely believe this happened. I was at 7-11 a few days ago with my 4 year old and 8 year old, and an 25ish AA woman came up to me and started saying something about "the Devil being in a white lady's bank account" - she got right up in my face and near my kids and was beign fairly aggressive in tone and body language.  I initially asked her to repeat herself and then ignored it.  I am pretty sure that the woman was mentally ill or high, but it feels bad for people to treat you badly because of your skin color and is totally unacceptable.  I think we should all have a level of awareness of how we treat others and self-examine for racism.

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