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An Asian American woman wrote a blog about having to pick up an item from a friend's apartment, who happened to be out of town.
After arriving at the apartment, the woman realized that she forgot the key, but everything turned out well, because the super happened to be in the building at the time. Upon seeing her standing outside of the door, he offered to open it. In her blog, she remarked that he didn't even ask her for ID, nor did he ask if she lived at the residence.
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Originally Posted by LovelySummer2020
And when the person taking the order is ready, usually they will assume that the white person is next in line, or they will ask, "can I help who is next..." (even though the black person was clearly waiting in line first (before the white person decided to stand beside them and not in the back).
Very true!
This is the sort of subtle racism that black and brown men in particular have to put up with that whites don't see or don't realize because it doesn't happen to them, even here in NYC. After a while I can understand why blacks and Hispanics feel the way that they do. If you're labeled as a criminal even when you aren't doing anything, then maybe you say the hell with it, they're going to think that either way so whatever and perhaps you decide to play out the stereotype because when you don't act out the stereotype then you're acting white or you're an uncle Tom.
What is especially troubling is, the caller reported Darin Martin as having a weapon. Just imagine if he was in his apartment, when the police arrived with their guns drawn...
The person who called, was more than likely hoping for the above outcome, but instead they will have to come to grips with the fact that some black Americans have the means to live wherever they desire.
As an aside, I think Darin will probably relocate back to DC after his lease ends. DC has a lot of visible black professionals working in government, tech, business, education, law, etc. As such, the area is not as segregated as NYC, because minorities tend to have access to higher paying professional jobs, which allows for more economic freedom.
If you live in NYC, you would actually know you have to declare a weapon to get the police to drop the donut and actually respond to a situation in a timely manner. Otherwise it going to take hours before the police respond.
Black homelessness is much more visible in DC than NYC and surveillance/cops are much more uptight given it is the capital they are protecting.
If you live in NYC, you would actually know you have to declare a weapon to get the police to drop the donut and actually respond to a situation in a timely manner. Otherwise it going to take hours before the police respond.
Black homelessness is much more visible in DC than NYC and surveillance/cops are much more uptight given it is the capital they are protecting.
Black homelessness is not really more visible in DC than in NYC. Both cities tend to have a high number of black homeless populations (but nothing tops L.A.).
But unlike NYC, DC has a large number of black American professionals. In fact, the wealthiest black suburb in the U.S. (Prince George's County) exist in the DC metro area. NYC and the surrounding LI, NJ and PA suburbs do not have an equivalent to Prince George's County.
I've seen this same thing. In fact it seems to happen regularly. I go to coffee shops a lot where this happens. Have a black person go to an establishment where there's a line, and just about every time, a white person will not wait behind the black person, but rather stands on the side of them as if they are ordering with them, but if it's an all white crowd, somehow there's an orderly line with whites waiting behind each other (as you should do when you're in line). When it's a black person behind a white person though, I've observed some whites becoming uncomfortable. So even in the most simple instances you see this sort of thing go on. Really disturbing.
From my experience I rarely see this happen, because people are intimidated by black people. Usually it is assumed black people have nothing to lose and are more prone to engaging in physical violence due to their upbringing (it is acceptable to go to jail within their community). The angry black woman stereotype exist for a reason.
I usually see people get confrontational with asians because they view them as passive and not a threat for physical violence.
Statistically speaking you are reducing the likelihood of being a victim of a violent crime, which is something you can control. It is not about eliminating danger completely.
Do you feel safe in Midtown? Because statistically that's where the most crimes occur.
Go feed it to somebody thats hungry.
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So many transplants are coming here that don't have interactions with black people that clearly don't know what to do, which is another problem. In their home countries, they either don't have large black populations, or if they do, they're not in high paying jobs, so they find the whole thing "shocking".
I'm "shocked"
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Do you feel safe in Midtown? Because statistically that's where the most crimes occur.
Go feed it to somebody thats hungry.
I classified violent crimes in a residential area. Somehow picking a tourist area that is a central transportation hub and including petty crimes makes it equivalent. There no point in continuing are discussion given you are set in your ways.
You might as well call me a uncle tom and save me the time.
Black homelessness is not really more visible in DC than in NYC. Both cities tend to have a high number of black homeless populations (but nothing tops L.A.).
But unlike NYC, DC has a large number of black American professionals. In fact, the wealthiest black suburb in the U.S. (Prince George's County) exist in the DC metro area. NYC and the surrounding LI, NJ and PA suburbs do not have an equivalent to Prince George's County.
What?!? NYC has a very large professional class...larger, in absolute terms, than DC’s. DC just happens to to have a much larger black population, by percentage. I also have news about PG county; it’s mostly a dump. It has high crime and bad schools. It just has a high median income because DC has a high median income. PG is honestly more like the Oranges in NJ than an upscale suburb.
what?!? Nyc has a very large professional class...larger, in absolute terms, than dc’s. Dc just happens to to have a much larger black population, by percentage. I also have news about pg county; it’s mostly a dump. It has high crime and bad schools. It just has a high median income because dc has a high median income. Pg is honestly more like the oranges in nj than an upscale suburb.
From my experience I rarely see this happen, because people are intimidated by black people. Usually it is assumed black people have nothing to lose and are more prone to engaging in physical violence due to their upbringing (it is acceptable to go to jail within their community). The angry black woman stereotype exist for a reason.
I usually see people get confrontational with asians because they view them as passive and not a threat for physical violence.
Please don't act like the 'black community' is a monolith. It is not acceptable in the entire black community for people to go to jail. That view is probably held by people in the lower classes and could probably extend to cover poor whites as well.
People of other races seem genuinely afraid when black people get angry as if they are just suppose to take whatever foolishness is handed to them.
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