I never met racism in person until having a black housemate in school. Used the N word as often as he used nouns in sentences, and accused every white person of being a N-——. The most unapologetically bigoted hater I ever met.
I can identify with that. My first encounter with racism was when I joined the Army at 18 in basic. Young black kids from Chicago that were drafted.
One thing I noticed was the Army placed Black kids in lower skilled MOS’s as a result of aptitude testing (not color). Another observation was they tended to be in more trouble. When I went home on leave and told this to my father, he gave an evolutionary sort of reply by saying noticed this too and thought of it as Africans having not genetically advanced along with Europeans and Orientals. This sorta fits in with the tribal theory discussed here.
What state do you live in? Geeez