I was raised up north, but now live in the south. The area I live in doesn’t have a lot of black people, but the ones we do have are polite, just like anyone would be. There’s a big city, not too many miles away, and I worked there for years. Never met a rude black person there, either, but they do have a high crime rate among blacks.
Up north, I worked with some lovely black people, one of my doctors was black. But some of the run of the mill, non-professional black people often acted like bullies. There is a world of difference between some southern blacks, and some northern blacks. I have a friend who lived in a major southern city, in the deep south, and she developed a poor attitude towards blacks while living there. She said they were, as a rule, aggressive, obnoxious, and hateful. I try never to judge a person by their color; that makes zero sense to me. But I DO assess people by their behavior. I would like the same consideration for myself.
My wife is the most unprejudiced person I know. She has described friends of hers or co-workers to me “You met her last year - she's the short skinny gal that has bangs - remember? Um she was serving the hot dogs at that table.”
“Oh - you mean that black gal?”
“Yes - that's her.”
Just the other day she was in tears.
“Obama, all this black lives matters crap, everybody calling Republicans rascist. For the first time in my life I DO notice people's color, and wonder if I should make an extra effort to be nice, or how do I act. I HATE it!!”
We both had high hopes that when obama was elected that would be a real turning point in ending racism in America. Well - it was a turning point. To the worse. FUBO.