When I was in college, I and my roommate, who are of different races, used to joke that we should go to a department store; one of us would be followed around by the salespeople and the other one would steal stuff. Of course we never did, but considering the difference in scrutiny afforded two similar girls whose main differing variable was race, the joke was bitterly apropos.
Personally, I'm sick of people assuming they know how I'm going to act based on how other people of my skin color act. What race do I identify as, based on that statement?
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Date: 2006-12-12 04:16 pm (UTC)Personally, I'm sick of people assuming they know how I'm going to act based on how other people of my skin color act. What race do I identify as, based on that statement?