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Originally Posted by swa(y)

dude, its like any other thing...just depends on what angle yr looking at it from.

im not stupid, val is right, black men are more prone to be "profiled" if they are dressed a little tooooo nice.

wear what ya want, i personally dont care. i get shit all the time for what i wear "his pants are tight, is he gay?", "whats that symbol on his shirt, does he worship satan?"...i dont get that shit so much now as i did in high school, but it happens man. never felt the need to "change clothes" either. i am who i am. stupid, smart, white, black, doesnt fucking matter.

i think its a demographic thing man...me and val are from the same region of the US. even though we dont agree on everything (probally dont agree on most things) we understand the situation here...even if (and we obviously do) view the situation differenty.

i used to live in washington dc, which is right on the edge of the south and has a majority black population, a solid black middle class, and a significant number of rich black people. and blacks, as the article says, are denied the public trust.

my point wasn't about style or clothes-- it was about the denial of public trust. about being suspect by default. presumed guilty. this is a force you don't have to contend against. you really don't, and you really don't know, but then you try to discount it as if you did-- but it can't be discounted you see.