How Many Human Interactions Per Day? Why Does Negativity Rule

I was reading a FB share of a black man being fired. It paints the picture in the number of shares that this is the norm. I was thinking, we have over 300 million people living in the US. Let’s say 200 million are of the age to process human interactions in a somewhat political way. If each of these 200 million interact with 20 people per day and in passing, 40 people per day, why do we let one interaction or several, draw a conclusion?

200,000,000 x 20 = 4 billion encounters per day
200,000,000 x 40 = 8 billion encounters + in passing per day

In a year you can do the math. How can we determine what is the majority? I choose to determine the world around me through my interactions.

I have lived in the south my whole life and between all my encounters and in passing, I would say that 95% of people are worrying about their job, family, friends, and day before them. Yes I have encountered racist people but in the grand scheme of things, it’s incredibly minimal. As a white man, it would imply that other whites would feel comfortable with racist talk in my presence. I can again say, it’s very minimal.