I'm really sorry about this experience and its embarrassing as a white man to hear that people disrespect other in this way. But IMO there will always be ignorant people, and for the most part I know our country doesn't act or feel this way. Me personally, I look into people's eyes and many times you can see the type of person they are by looking into their eyes. In my experience blacks are some of the most genuine people around, when you come across good black folks, that have been raised right or have decided on their own to change whatever life style they were brought up in. I've always connected with good people and many people of color because I think they can feel and see my pure soul. I don't judge people at all and that was instilled in me from my grandpas and parents from a very young age. My grandpas was likely brought up in that terrible time period of the 30s through the 60s so it's a testament to his upbringing and pure soul. I was very close to my grandpas, his nick name was SMILEY, he had a car wash in a bad area of town, so many of the poorer people, of all races came there. It was successful when he ran it, because he demanded respect from all people BUT showed that respect to all people as well. When people would pull up with loud music he would calmly walk over and ask them to turn it down. The next time they came, most would just respect him for being a man about it, some wouldn't but he would simply walk over and ask again and again if need be. As soon as he passed away the car wash was sold, and the business didn't make it long, which IMO says a lot about my grandpa. Point is there are racist people of all colors, and there are bad people of all color, but most are good people. The others should be ignored and never react to sour folks. I don't think anyone is offended by the protest my man, I simply think it's the way in which the protest is being performed, where and when. People pay lots of money to drink, have fun, and bring their kids to games. Another issue is younger kids are watching these players and have no idea how to process these things. It could cause young people to actually think there is a real race issue in this country when that's not the case. This country has come a long ways, and IMO the very party hampering minorities by giving them the bare minimum are the same party, keeping them satisfied in their current position. Think about that for a minute. If you help people, that's fine but the government help should only be to motivate people to better their lives not give them everything they desire to slow real development in these neighborhoods. Instead of giving people unlimited food stamps, free healthcare for life, phones, and all this wasted money, the government instead should spend that money cleaning up the schools, the neighborhoods, and only give money to motivate individuals to better themselves, get them on their feet, give more incentive for college, or trade schools. This is how you fix the problem long term. All the other benefits are given to fix short term issues while leaving the long term issues the same. Whether this is by design or not, I'm not sure but it hasn't worked and no changes have been made. People need to wake up.
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