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From my experience, if a white person is around lots of people of color, they're likely to be more welcoming and inclusive of people of color. So not only coul
by codygman 12y ago
From my experience, if a white person is around lots of people of color, they're likely to be more welcoming and inclusive of people of color.
So not only could the woman in the story be more comfortable because there are more black people, but also other races who are typically more welcoming
- x0x0 12y agoI think that's true -- but she didn't seem to like nyc either, and I think you'll have a tough time finding people not comfortable with black folks in nyc. They're your neighbors, friends, and coworkers...
- codygman 12y agoI mean you say that, but nyc has one of the toughest stop and frisk policies which seem to largely target black men. I think we are talking about a different kind of comfortable. I believe in NYC the type of comfort is more forced and the wage gap is probably much larger. It's more of a "deal with it because I have to" and being comfortable with black folks because it's easiest, not because they see black people as equals. My suspicion is mostly because of the support NYC'ers seemingly have of elected officials that espouse "zero tolerance" and "stop-frisk" policies. I'm speculating quite a bit here, it would be nice to here if my theory matches anyone’s real world experiences with both places.