tlcurtis

Greetings to you as well! Welcome.

Well, this is all certainly news to me. I had no idea that someone who was racist against African-Americans would see someone who was actually from Africa as being any different, or 'better', anyway. Thinking that an African is worse might have been less surprising to me, I think. Then again, I suppose that if I didn't like white people, I might not treat someone fresh off a plan from Ireland that same way I would treat someone who grew up in the states. After all, the one from Ireland doesn't necessarily have a history of oppressing people that share my skin color and heritage. So, maybe the guy at the bar recognized that disconnect between Africans and African-Americans related to civil rights and discrimination, which means that you might not have quite the same emotional "baggage" (for lack of a better word) as many African-Americans may have. Then that leads me to wonder whether or not an African-American would be treated with the same respect if they just pretended that the racism and discrimination and history between whites and African-Americans doesn't bother them or didn't happen. Then again, most African-Americans probably wouldn't even be able to get 2 sentences into a conversation with someone who thought so lowly of African-Americans anyway. Thanks for giving me something to ponder.