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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dear Black people,

Does this happen to you all regularly? I am shocked to see this. Never thought that any woman would cheapen herself like this.  The last 4 years in this country has been eye-opening for me and the world.

- Non-White Legal Immigrant Female.  [/quote]
Dear Non-White Legal Immigrant female,

Yes, these kinds of things happen to Black people in America regularly. Truth is, few White people believed the extent of our plight until phones w/ video capability came along (~2003). And even then, some try to contort that reality into something palatable for themselves (like some of the posters on this thread and on the "Jogger chased and shot" thread). Not surprisingly, when I travel to countries like yours I don't feel like public enemy #1. Looking forward to retiring anywhere but here.

I've come to understand that it can be tough being Black in a lot of places. But being Black in America has always been a special kind of perdition.

- Middle-aged Black Male[/quote]

I've traveled to three continents and spent roughly 7 years living in 4 separate countries. I'm going to put it this way - the U.S. does have a overt racism and classism problem.

But Europe has a plain 'You look like you're from sub-Saharan Africa and I'm going to treat you like a dirty migrant' problem. It changes when they find out you're American but I shouldn't have to pull out a passport to be treated as an equal.

Asia has a 'OMG let me touch the black person, ohhh you're so dark/ugly' problem. You ever go to Japan and try to date someone you'll quickly find out they don't do that there, although to be fair Japanese families look down on their children dating anyone (white, Thai, Hispanic it doesn't matter) outside of the culture. Look up Hafu videos if you're bored.

South America was actually awesome. Just avoid those weird German/Nazi enclaves (I'm not kidding - founded by Germans fleeing random 19th Century wars/World War/World War II) that pop up in every country. You'll know them when you see them, it looks like Sweden in the middle of the jungle.[/quote]

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