Reply #133: H20 and TJ - You know you both have a different experience [View All]

[Pallas180]

because of your race than other posters on this thread.

First please understand there is no offense meant to you and I would
have e mailed this privately but for unknown reasons that is not a possibility, so this publicly:

I had a friend 15 years or so ago who was a very high official in a
government department (now retired and I wish I knew where he was because he could certainly be of help).

He was a very large, imposing, and authoritative black man. One day he was driving through New Jersey and was stopped by the police. Why? Because he was black and driving a nice brand new white Chevy Impala.

He quietly submitted to their questions and search. And when they realized who they had, they were close to soiling themselves and couldn't have bowed and scraped more.He related the story quietly to me without rancor or bitterness; for him it was just another fact of life of being a black man.

If a black person and a white person were to stand together in a protest who would be more likely to be assaulted and jailed? Especially if it was a young black person?

I'm well aware of the injustices of this society and have been a part of the fight against such injustice more than once in legal forums.

My point: your view, your outlook, your reaction and strategy is colored (no pun intended :) ) by your experience as a black person in this society because that experience and jeapordy is realistically more than white correspondents on this thread.