Reply #46: Danger Dave

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I'm fish belly white and grew up in the Jim Crow deep South..

I can assure you that what Hamden Rice relates is absolutely true, I've had it happen around me before.

It's funny how growing up around really virulent racism but not being a racist myself has sensitized me to these sorts of things.

There's actually a Bob Seger song that addresses this phenomenon from a strictly white perspective..

Turn the Page.

Well you walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road,
You can feel the eyes upon you as your shaking off the cold
You pretend it doesnt bother you, but you just want to explode.
Most times you cant hear em talk, other times you can.
All the same old cliches, is that woman or a man
You always seem outnumbered, you dont dare make a stand.