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[maevele]

so, like a year ago I posted some dumb shit in debunking white, noticing that at the store or whatever, I was much more likely to nod and say hi to POC than to white people, and trying to analyze why this would be. well, last night at the store I was in a good enough mood to find myself acknowledging a wider cross section of the public, and I think I figured it out. Some white people will straight up ignore me. not all of them, but enough that I felt slighted for having tried to say hi, or just make eye contact and nod.

so, that's it. I acknowledge more poc that whites out in public because they reject/ignore me less. I'm sure there is some more complicated sit going on with it, and some class stuff with which white people ignored me, but yeah.



eta; it's not like I'm running around the store being exceptionally social and trying to talk to strangers, I'm just talking the basic hey, or eye contact and nod, basic acknowledgement. I'm not chatty.

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[keeva]

...and generally speaking, people who are not societally privileged have a greater requirement to be "polite" than people who already enjoy privilege in social interactions. That isn't just a black/white thing, of course.