Reply #37: When I was in my younger years... [View All]

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I used to ask white people (some friends, some strangers) at parties/social events, if they ever disliked or hated blacks at anytime in their lives. Now I cannot say whether they answered the way they did, because I seemed so earnest in my questions, or if it was due to the fact that, at the parties I attended, the booze flowed freely. But I was always amazed that many people answered "yes". Some of them were good friends, and I should mention that I am a black person. Those were some profound conversations for those of us involved, and while I did appreciate their honesty, I was always shocked by how rampant such bigotry was.