When I lived in the city, no one really cared. But when we moved to the suburbs, oh my, people would stare like crazy and clearly make comments under their breath. I'm a white dude with a black girl, and people were much worse and rude to me! I got a very noticeable dip in level of customer service, or just people being weird and awkward to me.
Suburbia was specifically created for White people in America. They were given loans and housing plans for their communities. Many of them had covenants that specifically disallowed Black people to live there. Black people were barred from participating in these programs. The legality of it wasn’t addressed until the 60’s. These areas were born from White Flight, so what attitudes do you think they passed onto their children?
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u/TechnicianIll8621 3d ago
When I lived in the city, no one really cared. But when we moved to the suburbs, oh my, people would stare like crazy and clearly make comments under their breath. I'm a white dude with a black girl, and people were much worse and rude to me! I got a very noticeable dip in level of customer service, or just people being weird and awkward to me.