I live about 6 miles from where Trayvon Martin was shot so have been paying close attention to the repercussions of the incident.
Until we met Rev. Wright I’d been living and working in a world where deep racial discord was past- or so I thought. My neighborhood, workplace and life in general is filled with people from a variety of backgrounds and races and I thought we met as equals. After listening and reading extensively during the time of Rev. Wright I found myself in an entirely foreign place and have had thoughts and fears since then that would never have crossed my mind.
This is a tough subject to understand. Certainly I see it in a new light than before. Before Rev. Wright, I operated on the assumption that everyone I met was an individual rather than a member of a “race” or tribe. It seems I was naive and now I’m confused and don’t HAVE a basic assumption anymore. It’s unsettling.
Don't assume that basic attitudes were different before. It was probably just that some people felt it unwise to let people who were not of their group know how they really felt.
Assume that what you are now seeing was always there, but now the masks have come off.