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This really hit me for some reason. I’m a non white American, and not to exaggerate, afraid of knocking on a stranger’s door. I’d be quite worried if I ever be
by distantaidenn 6y ago
This really hit me for some reason. I’m a non white American, and not to exaggerate, afraid of knocking on a stranger’s door.
I’d be quite worried if I ever became stranded in a white neighborhood and had to knock on a random door for assistance.
- jlawson 6y agoI hope you'll consider changing your media diet, because your current selection is filling you with irrational racist fear. That's not how the real world is. Consider lolc's comment below: "I once got lost in typical U.S. suburbia and the first door I knocked the guy wouldn't tell me the direction I needed to go but insisted on driving me there. I was conscious of being percieved as a potential threat in that situation. But me being percieved as a likely nuisance to be ignored didn't cross my mind."
- distantaidenn 6y agoIt is what it is. I’d rather be overly cautious than the potential alternative. My concern is neither racist or irrational, based on my particular racial mix and phenotype.
- tempestn 6y agoI think your comment might have had a useful alternative perspective if it could have been made without calling the parent racist and irrational. ISTM difficult to change someone's mind while disparaging their reason and character.
- mcv 6y agoWith all the news I keep hearing from the US, I can't say I blame you. It's sad, though. I want to live in a society where people can knock on each other's door, and open the door trusting it's a legitimate friendly talk or person in need, and not a threat or someone looking to take advantage of me.