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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
That's what helped you realize the depth of the racial divide in this country?
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Well, lots of us white people don't have it staring us in the face too much -- especially if (like me) we grew up in areas that were de facto segregated or had a tiny minority population. [But then I joined the Army, moved South, etc.]
I was also struck by the split reaction to the verdict -- reflecting very different perceptions on that "reality." I too was at work when it was announced. TV on in the conference room, crowded with people. Every black person in the room (at that firm, in that office, at that time -- they were all staff) cheered, celebrated, or otherwise expressed satisfaction. Every white person in the room (lawyers and staff) just turned around and left.
If that verdict was useful for anything, it was for the lesson that the quality of "justice" you receive is even more about money than race.
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