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Old 03-23-2006   #77 (permalink)
Gisella
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I'm talking about the south because never ever experience the kind of stuff i experience there in the north of the US...or in others parts of the world that i have been.

For sure prejudice and racism are all over but my own worse experiences were in the south of the USA. Its not rudenes or lack of education or good manners because i can deal with that and can choose to ignore - its just plain hate. i could feel that.

I'm not shy and not scare of confrontations but was atonished for what found there & being there a while everytime had the oportunity ask black americans (most from the north) if i was crazy or they felt the same as i did about it because maybe their experience was different than mine (they are black americans they "belong here", they are not foreigners speaking with an accent ) & all the ones i ask said: yes!

For sure i dont know everything about the american experience and ways but i know what i live in my own skin here.