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In reply to the discussion: I am so mad I am shaking [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)I grew up in Philly, lived in TX for a few years, and have now in NC for the last 20 or so. As a result, I don't have much of a Phill accent. People can usually figure out that I'm from the North East, but not which part.
I'm a pretty generic looking white guy. Regularly people come up to me and say they think they know me. Or they know my brother. After we determine that they don't know me, I point out that if they go to the mall, they'll pass a guy who looks just like me about every 30 feet or so.
And on a number of occasions, in the right setting, white guys who don't know me will say either racist things, or sexist things, assuming that I'll agree, because I look the part.
This is also part of how I can tell when the GOP is using one of their more subtle dog whistles. And how when they feign ignorance about the racial tone of something they've said, I know its BS. They know exactly what they were doing.