I think Moira (below) has tagged part of it ... I always had at least a few people of other races in my school and neighborhood, but now we live closer to town, literally on the border of the District of Columbia (the National Capital district), and there's a higher crime rate, so my reactions are much more reflexive and less measured.
The good part about living close to town is that you can walk to the Metro and to shops and restaurants. But you do have to be more conscious of your surroundings. Still, I have noticed my reactions to groups of African American or Hispanic teens are more extreme than my reactions to groups of all-white or mixed groups of teens, so I am angry with myself.
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Date: 2007-08-07 09:48 pm (UTC)I think Moira (below) has tagged part of it ... I always had at least a few people of other races in my school and neighborhood, but now we live closer to town, literally on the border of the District of Columbia (the National Capital district), and there's a higher crime rate, so my reactions are much more reflexive and less measured.
The good part about living close to town is that you can walk to the Metro and to shops and restaurants. But you do have to be more conscious of your surroundings. Still, I have noticed my reactions to groups of African American or Hispanic teens are more extreme than my reactions to groups of all-white or mixed groups of teens, so I am angry with myself.