I think it's easier to pick up on when there are non white people around after all it's easier to notice different treatment with a side by side comparison
Coming from an area where it's mostly white people, I have to agree. I didn't grow up in a textbook racist community, but a lot of the older people I grew up around had some of that casual liberal racism. When I was a kid, if there was a non-white person, it was just assumed they weren't from around here. People would ask those ignorant questions like "where ya from?"
One of my first experiences with this was probably in first grade. There was another student who was of vietnamese heritage. He got asked "where ya from" all the time. He was from Detroit, so he seemed to get a kick out of telling people that and seeing their reactions before they would say "no really, where ya from?"
It's a lot more diverse around here now, and it's weird seeing gen x and older people who thought they were so different and interesting being all xenophobic. People who taught me to accept different people. The fewer people around, the more the mask slips too.
One of my favorite things about listening to the Trillbillies is their exact experience growing up is so similar to mine. They talk about being at work, and there's always that one guy who says casually racist/sexist stuff and you just kind of have to go "whatever man". You want to knock his front teeth in, but you need the job and can't handle an assault charge.
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