LOIE
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- May 11, 2017
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I think that white people born in and brought up in the United States have been exposed to racist teachings and whitewashed history which has become engrained in them from birth. Not everyone acts upon these things and behaves in a racist manner, but at some point the choice has to be made - do I believe what I heard growing up about black people being violent, being oversexed, being dirty, being lazy, wanting everything handed to them on a silver platter - or do I get to know people on an individual basis and decide for myself what I want to believe. I remember that when I was 18 years old I met a black man for the first time. He was a gospel singer and he did not fit even one of the stereotypes I had heard coming up.Your saying a majority of whites are racist - wow, you’ve met the majority of whites? - is every bit as racist as a white person saying the majority of blacks are lazy.