[siedes]

>Yet I know for a fact that if you dropped them in Southside Chicago, where my family is from, they would suddenly know better than to behave like this. They wouldn't toss their gang signs around or speak that word… ever. And that is because they know that these things would undoubtedly be met with confrontation, and they only get away with their actions because of the lack of African presence in this community.

I can't be the only one who thinks the racist you know is better than the racist you don't.

Also, the sentiment here that people wouldn't dare use the word if there were more blacks around, in fear of intimidation and violence in return, doesn't paint a very good picture of black people.

[ttonkytonk]

I don't think it's that complicated - if you're going to make rules based on a person's race, then that is a racist rule.

As a relatively poor "white" person, I've put up with a lot of this intimidation.

Are we going to do something different, or the same old thing, just with different actors?

[true_religion]

I don't really think so. Its natural to refuse to insult people to their faces.

[nailer]

> Yet I know for a fact that if you dropped them in Southside Chicago, where my family is from, they would suddenly know better than to behave like this.

They would know they are in Southside Chocago, which is someone else's home. The author is in Eastern Europe, which is their home, and where people will sing away with Kanye or Kendrick not intending for others to take offence, because that's the rules in Eastern Europe.

If anything, the post comes off as another American complaining that other places aren't like America.

[scarface74]

What do you think would happen if you went to a bar with a bunch of White bikers and started insulting them?

[Shaanie]

Are you being intentionally racist by comparing black people with bikers?

[scarface74]

No. I’m saying that any group when they are in the majority will have a tendency to behave more violently when they are in a position of power if insulted than when they are in the minority.