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Originally posted by straightBOS
With this response, I am forced to ask the question, are you looking for an answer/opinion or reassurance/validation?
No one can know for sure what is really going on. Even those who may have similar experiences.
One cannot be sure, could be extreme paranoia. It could be your particular city/neighborhood. Or, it could be your general assumption that all white people who question your ability are racist. Who's to know? Maybe your co-workers steal your ideas because they are just a-holes.
The perception may not be the reality. But I see a quest for validation rather than a quest for general discussion, so I cannot be sure without more info.
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I could respond to you negatively, but I'll give you exactly what your opinionated question requires...a response.
To imply that I am a racist is ridiculous. However, if you've ever been in the skin I'm in you would know that racism in America exist because people take a blind eye to the reality of the workplace in 2002, not just that but racism as a whole. As a Black female professional validation comes with racism. It just has a "friendlier " face. The a-holes I work with are mostly White. Now that doesn't mean I think that all whites are a-holes. It just means that whatever I do I must do 210%. Yes, the city I live in is divided. However,in most large cities division occurs...Blacks/Latinos/Mexicans on one side...Whites on another. They just have a different terminology called suburbia. Yes ,Blacks migrate to surburbia hell I live in surburbia but you can believe some folks just don't want us here so they move further. It happens. But then you teach your kids that life and the world is a bowl of jellybeans. Different colors same bowl. So when does URP stop?