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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But I also think there is a segment of white people living in the District who are still blatantly prejudiced and that it goes beyond class.  (I see it in supposedly liberal Capitol Hill all the time) And I'm absolutely certain there are plenty of whites around the country who hold race-based prejudice that has nothing to do with class whatsoever. [/quote]

I don't doubt it.  But I think a lot of what gets chalked up to white racism can be explained by healthy street savvy.  What I do see is incident after incident on neighborhood mailing lists about violent, random street crime being perpetrated all over Capitol Hill.  Every single time, the description of the attackers is the same "LOF 2 BM"  "LOF 3 BM gray hooded jacket" , etc, etc.. ad nauseum.  When I see three black kids with hoodies coming at me, I'm going to cross the street.  Hell, most black adults I know would do the same.

The divisions are almost entirely class-based.  There's a middle-aged guy on our street.  He's one of the few old time residents.  Up until five years ago, he was living in the house with his mother, and we chatted all the time.  His mother died, and now he's running a drug operation out of the house.  Foot traffic streaming into the house day and night.  Yes, I resent the Hell out of that.  If he was a middle-aged white guy I'd probably hate him more, because I wouldn't make excuses for him based on historical factors.

I know there are plenty of whites around the country who hold race-based prejudice, and there's no doubt there are racists who live on "supposedly liberal" Capitol Hill.  But for every white person who dislikes blacks, there are four blacks who irrationally hate whites.  I think you're fooling yourself if you think the situation would be any different if, instead of blacks, we had poor and working-class Irish living in the neighborhood side-by-side with a bunch of upper middle-class professionals.
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