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In reply to the discussion: White DUers: Tell Your Stories [View all]Quixote1818
(28,904 posts)or even Latino or Native Americans. I can't really explain it but when I see videos of police brutality, profiling etc. I can tell there is a real deep issue going on. We were the minority but the power structure was still set up in our favor.
In the same state a few years go my boss had me drive a bunch of books from Grand Junction to Albuquerque in an old black van. I know where the cops hang out and was watching my speed in those places but still got pulled over twice. I know they were profiling the van. However, as soon as the cops saw me and saw I wasn't latino or black they almost looked freaked out and apologetic for pulling me over. Big time white privilege reactions.
On a different note I had almost forgotten about this one African-American kid in in Elementary school back in the 70's. I remember the Principal was constantly picking on that kid and spanking him. At the time I just figured he must have always been getting into trouble but knowing what I know now, I think that Principal was a prejudiced bastard who was torturing that kid. The Principal had a redneck look about him.