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> I've never experienced anything that I could perceive as racist here and neither has my family. You'd certainly be in the minority. I've seen worse in far mo
by ikeyany 9y ago
> I've never experienced anything that I could perceive as racist here and neither has my family.
You'd certainly be in the minority. I've seen worse in far more "progressive" areas of the country.
I hope people don't read your comment and assume your experience is anywhere near typical.
- stevenh 9y agoYour anecdotes as a white man are not more valuable than his as a black man. This isn't the first time you've whitesplained to a minority on HN how their lived experience is invalid.
- Audible_logic 9y agoI'm black and I agree with his comment. Is it more valid now? I've experienced racism living in progressive California. It happens.
- Audible_logic 9y agoI don't mean to come off pessimistic either, I think we are doing better about it. My poor experiences have been distasteful, but not definitive of all my experiences. There will always be bad apples and such...
- ikeyany 9y agoIronic that you accuse me of whitesplaining. Also, adding context is not invalidating.
- scarface74 9y agoForsyth County is a lot of things, but "progressive" it's not - not in the liberal since. I would say it's more typical Republican than what I consider "populist".
- ikeyany 9y agoI wasn't implying that it was progressive.