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chiogo (f)
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well, i think i have experienced racism, that's what i think 'cause there's no other explanation to what happened to me. Last week, after school, i had to go to downtown to get somethin' from d summer job i did. I had to go to this office i don't know, it wasn't where i worked at. So, i was lost and i stopped to ask people for direction,i thought elderly people would be nicer, u know. Downtown is like white peoples' place, out of a 100 people, on d street ,95 are white. I was like "excuse me" when i saw this white couple, a man and woman, they're kind of in their 40s or even older. The white lady just shook her head at me, and d dude followed her. Gosh, they probably mistook me for d crackheads who begged for money, that was funny,'cause i don't look anythin' like a crack-head, i wore d clothes i had to school---pair of jeans, brown/white sweater and brown/white sneakers, how cld u mistake me for a crack head. I just realized the lady was racist and was scared of all black folks, regardless of age or gender. anywayz, that was that, i asked about 5 more people who were a little helpful includin' some whites. at d end of d day, it was a black dude who actually led me to my destination. I just remembered that stuff and i laugh.
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