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In reply to the discussion: Man Beaten By Mob In Detroit After Hitting Boy With Truck: Was It A Hate Crime? [View all]I hate racism - but know, because I'm white, I'm probably prejudging in some ways. After all, I was raised in the South, and am 60. But mom and dad hated racism. So maybe I got lucky.
But I've seen evidence of it in Alaska Native villages; I wasn't there to dispense charity or any crap like that - even though it's needed. I was there to provide information, only. And I was hated when I got off the puddle-jumper.
Not in all villages, only a couple. But it hurt. Badly. Be cause I wasn't raised that way, and didn't go there except to provide what turned out to be a valuable amount of information. I do NOT blame the folks of those villages - they've been treated horribly by whites from get-go.
I do blame not being able to see good when good is offered.