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Can you expound on this? Is there really that much overt racism in SV?
by philangist 13y ago
Can you expound on this? Is there really that much overt racism in SV?
- jpollock 13y agoSure, here's some off the top of my head. 1) Everyone calls me "Sir", but they don't use that term with others. 2) I have a jacket that sets off store alarms. I never get questioned, but others do. 3) I've seen apartment staff be rude to other residents (and prospective residents), but they're all smiles and sunshine when I walk in. 4) My wife was talking about how she wasn't able to work because of her visa. The other person then said she wouldn't have that problem if she was Mexican (working illegally). It really is "easy mode". I don't have to argue for anything, and people give me the benefit of the doubt - even when they shouldn't.
- mathattack 13y agoIs this more so than anywhere else in the US?
- jpollock 13y agoI don't know, I've never lived in the US as an adult. I just moved here from New Zealand.
- mathattack 13y agoI've lived in many places in the US and abroad, and found San Francisco to be on the more tolerant side overall. No place location or people is immune, but they're doing fairly well.