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Living and driving in Chicago, I am very careful to avoid bad neighborhoods where shootings are reported but sometimes you end up in one and just have to drive through.
So anyway, I was stuck at a red light and did my usual which is to leave a good distance between the car in front in case of rear ending. Well, this young black man decided to cross the street and walked in that space. I glanced at him when he first walked in front of my car and he looked at this old white lady with the most intense hatred I have ever seen on a person's face. From the moment he stepped in front of my car until he had to go into the next lane of traffic, he stared at me with that look. I just couldn't take my eyes off of him and was literally dumbfounded.
It was honestly terrible and I have never experienced a look like that from anyone in my 70 yrs on this earth.
My first thought was, the race baiters are winning, they have succeeded and will not be happy until every one hates each other.
This happened weeks ago and I still get chills when I remember it. Has anybody else noticed or felt the hatred in real life aside from the internet?
How do you know that person was not simply really crazy? There are a lot of crazy people in big cities. Don't white people on this forum condemn black folks for assuming race was the cause of something? The reverse of that should also apply. Now, if threw racial epithets at you and the old lady, fair enough.
I lived in Mississippi briefly back in 2000 when my husband did some work out there. There was still a lot of racism out there between the blacks and whites, and I was in a predominantly black town. I would walk into somewhere like McDonald's and see a lot of people turn to look at me like I didn't belong there, and the animosity shown toward me made me very uncomfortable. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I went to Charleston, SC shortly after the nutcase shot up the black church. I was worried that I would be treated the same way as I had in Mississippi due to the way white people could have been perceived at that point. However, every black person I encountered while there was VERY courteous to me, very friendly, etc. I was very impressed. I guess what I'm trying to say is you can't judge anybody until you see how they personally react to you. With the guy who walked in front of your car, it does sound like he doesn't like white people. I'm sure it was very disconcerting. I would just try to put it out of your mind and move on. Since that happened, you've probably encountered numerous black people who have been very nice to you.
Living and driving in Chicago, I am very careful to avoid bad neighborhoods where shootings are reported but sometimes you end up in one and just have to drive through.
So anyway, I was stuck at a red light and did my usual which is to leave a good distance between the car in front in case of rear ending. Well, this young black man decided to cross the street and walked in that space. I glanced at him when he first walked in front of my car and he looked at this old white lady with the most intense hatred I have ever seen on a person's face. From the moment he stepped in front of my car until he had to go into the next lane of traffic, he stared at me with that look. I just couldn't take my eyes off of him and was literally dumbfounded.
It was honestly terrible and I have never experienced a look like that from anyone in my 70 yrs on this earth.
My first thought was, the race baiters are winning, they have succeeded and will not be happy until every one hates each other.
This happened weeks ago and I still get chills when I remember it. Has anybody else noticed or felt the hatred in real life aside from the internet?
When I was in high school I went to a summer camp at West Point. The other attendees were all high achieving high school students. There was one guy who had the meanest resting face I had ever seen. People even talked about him behind his back to me about how mean he looked. His lip was raised in a permanent sneer. He was white. He was as sweet as apple pie when you talked to him. Really a very nice guy.
You can't judge anything by how someone looked at you. He may have been making eye contact to be sure you didn't roll into him since you had alot of space in front of you. You don't know anything about that guy, the day he was having or what someone said to him 10 seconds before you saw him. Let it go.
BTW, I make eye contact with drivers all the time because with cell phones and texting unless you do you have no idea if they are going to run you down. I'm sure with the sun in my eyes sometimes I look really angry and mean, especially if it is hot out.
you know you can get conceal carry permit now in Chicago, don't ya?
Having one would do what in this situation?
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