Saturday, April 26, 2008

lock their car doors

I'm sure you've noticed--when white people are driving and a black person looms into view, down go the locks.

Is it any wonder you've never seen a black hitchhiker?

Recently, Jon Stewart and Larry Wilmore did their best to start a national dialogue about such common white fears, having been inspired by Barack Obama's historic speech on race. Surely they deserve our gratitude for initiating this important conversation.



2 comments:

  1. TBH, my mother, who is African-American does this too. However, since I have not asked her about it, I cannot tell if it is internalized racism or the fear of a strange man walking close to your car.s

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  2. My Korean-American mom does this as well. In her case, it is straight-up racism, though I guess if we're using the "racism=prejudice+power" calculus it's mere prejudice.

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