tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post462625356904403707..comments2023-07-16T03:58:42.088-07:00Comments on Acts of Faith In Love and Life: Ever Been Followed Around A Store For One Reason Only?Faith at Acts of Faith Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02150553143062604249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-15918439645857422032009-03-31T04:45:00.000-07:002009-03-31T04:45:00.000-07:00it's crazy because back then i thought it was the ...it's crazy because back then i thought it was the funniest thing. As i got older, i thought we were fighting against the 'man' using his tools. but as i got older, i began to realize the implications of that. it's really crazy that some people hold on to racist stereotypes so much that they don't really see the problem. I am sure most of those security guards and sales clerks were good natured folk who in a different time and place probably would let me eat in their home. <BR/><BR/>Yet because of what they were taught and conditioned to believe, they assumed that we were the criminals (well some of us were) at that moment when one of their own was actually doing the dirt. even back then it amazed me. <BR/><BR/>I remember watching an interview with some white graf artists who did the same thing when they racked paint. they pointed out how they would crack jokes with the clerks and security guards and let their black and latino friends linger about while they walked out with 50 cans of spray paint!<BR/><BR/><BR/>the sad thing is that we do the same thing. we have preconceived notions of people and what we think they are going to do. sadAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205384167481897308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-32050869461648255562009-03-28T05:25:00.000-07:002009-03-28T05:25:00.000-07:00OMi: You are a trip!OMi: You are a trip!Faith at Acts of Faith Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150553143062604249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-34438033706076993452009-03-27T21:22:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:22:00.000-07:00as a young blood we always recruited a white girl ...as a young blood we always recruited a white girl who loved the brothers to go in and boost for us while we kept the guards busy...<BR/><BR/>white folks, predictable as usualAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205384167481897308noreply@blogger.com