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[marcmunky]

I want to talk to you about ignorance. Considering how much I've seen working at 711, you'd think I could teach a college class on the subject. No, this is a different ignorance. this is way different than some dude saying I won't sell him a cigarillo without his ID because he's black. this is wicked & personal

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[our_little_girl]

I know exactly what you mean. I dated a Columbian kid in high school, then I dated Eugene, then Raf, and then when I moved here to Chi, I was sort of seeing another guy for a minute who was also Mexican. I never really thought about the fact that most of the people I have dated have not been white, because, like you, it didn't matter to me one way or the other. I have also been surprised over the years at how ignorant people can be. I can't count the number of disgusted looks and mean comments I have gotten in public. It's really ridiculous. Until my senior year of high school, when I started dating, I really thought that overt racism was largely a thing of the past. It isn't. I lose more faith in the general public every day.

[marcmunky]

its scary to think that there are people of all kinds that feel this way. what bothers me is that no one in that theater of probably 100 people spoke up... they just laughed cuz white boy got hit up. I felt worse for how candace felt. she blamed herself & thats something I'm not cool with. it feels like retaliation & humiliation are the only form of justice in this world. would it have been better for me to seek these people out & fuck them up? I don't know anymore. I'm most afraid of the next time me & her are in public together. I'd rather not have this conflict on my hands, but the only way to avoid that is to not be "taboo." fuck that. I'm proud of who I'm with & don't care what anyone thinks. I just wish this felt like 2008. I feel like we've digressed as people.