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Originally posted by Steeltrap
If they have meaningful contact, it's often with suburban AfAms who sometimes are "go along to get along" types at best or self-hating at worst.
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I think there's another factor too. From both personal experience and observance, suburban AfAms tend to be desensitized to a lot of racism and ignorance compared to inner-city AfAms. I don't think it is always nor often from a root of self hatred or a desire to get along. IMO, SAs are exposed to racism and ignorance more than any group of AfAms. If you did not grow up in an AfAm community, you did not have a safe haven away from it all, except for the home. You had to deal w/ that type of BS 24-7. As a result, I believe at that point either two things happen: you develop a thick skin/numbness or you become completely consumed with anger.