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Originally Posted by tab1a
If you are white, please do not comment on how little racism there is in your region. There's no way for you to have experienced it first hand. This thread was made for PoC to talk about their experiences in FIRST as PoC.
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You should be very careful about assuming a "white" has no experience with racism.
I can guarantee that racism is alive and well in this country.
In high school (Booker T. Washington/HSEP in Houston - Go Leopards!) I met some of the most wonderful people on this planet and received a first rate education. I was also was nearly killed by a group of three people who beat me to an inch of my life while yelling racial slurs at me. This did not drive me from the school or make me drop my friends (and girlfriend) because of the actions of a few idiots who superficially looked like them.
If you want open and healthy discussions about race then you must invite all
people to participate.
The team I am running is over 90% Latino/Hispanic, ~5% white, and 100% the same race. We need to start with our similarities and minimize our differences.
So I look forward to hearing from those who wish to speak up. I am always wanting to have my horizons expanded.