1. Most Black folk in the US experience frequent racism, and have to navigate racist systems daily. It's an important part of our lives.
2. Many white folk are very uncomfortable even hearing about racism.
3. People often talk about the most important things in their lives, with their friends.
4. Most white folk in the US (~75%), have no Black friends. Zero. None.
https://www.prri.org/research/poll-race-religion-politics-americans-social-networks/
@mekkaokereke Two things made me receptive to the idea that racism could be that bad/pervasive. One, was having an actual F-ing Klan bookstore a mile from my childhood home and looking at some of their literature. Glossy on the front, grimy on the back, is the only way to describe it. So that was real, and they were clearly trying to hook people with the glossy on the front.
The other, is riding a bike, a lot, and being in touch with other people who bike. Police treat you darn different. /
@mekkaokereke NYPD was/is famously bad, their response to a cyclist crash death is to go on a cyclist-ticketing blitz, for example.
And there's all the usual stereotypes, about "lycra", "running lights", "elitist" (none of this is true, actually, it's been measured). So yes, I am totally prepared to believe that racism is that bad, and as crap unfolded over the years, yup, yup, yup. I had sort of hoped that the worst of the racists were older than me and dying off, but oh well.
Mekka 
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