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In reply to the discussion: Here's a list of people Tara Reade has accused of assault or harassment. [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I am Black, but have been called the n-word maybe twice to my face in my lifetime. Because of my appearance and education, maybe I escaped the worst of that treatment, I really haven't dwelled on it much.
What I have seen about people that use race as a mark to attack people is that they, without fail, have turned out to be very insecure people. A person should not let insecure people get them down. In my case, the two most important people outside of my parents in determining what I have become were White people, the first was a guy who I did yard work for as a teen and who took a deep interest in what I planned to do with my life, the other was my adviser in engineering school, who steadfastly removed roadblocks to help me succeed. I have never been the type to attack people because of things that they can't change, but when some of the most important people in your life have been in that category, that adds even more wisdom to that tendency.