[MarDav]

Was attending a “sensitivity training” session one day during my stint as a teacher in a predominantly black school in NYC. The session leader was going on (to a mostly white audience) about all the cues people send out that indicate the “concerns” people have whenever having interactions with young black males. One such example he used was how a white woman would clutch her purse just a little more tightly when being in the presence of a young black male on a subway. Without missing a beat, one of the black woman teachers said, “I clutch my purse, too.”

Everyone (except the session leader) laughed.

[JimRed]

One such example he used was how a white woman would clutch her purse just a little more tightly when being in the presence of a young black male on a subway. Without missing a beat, one of the black woman teachers said, “I clutch my purse, too.”

The "Reverend" Jesse Jackson once said that when he heard footsteps behind him and looked he was relieved to see that the person was white.