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16. I have no doubt that working and middle class whites are on the receiving end too.
Sat Jun 8, 2013, 01:00 PM
Jun 2013

Last edited Sat Jun 8, 2013, 09:58 PM - Edit history (1)

But here is a little secret that minorities know too well. I saw it in a movie once referred to as "the black tax." Being a member of a minority group is just one more obstacle against you in these societies. And working and middle class whites do well for themselves through rituals I refer to as loyalty bonds. It's like a white suburban gang mentality. Amongst themselves they keep alive the myth of the aggressive (insert ethnic group). So, of course, they create bonds of loyalty amongst their group to protect themselves from the backlash that they fear might come from the consequences of their illegal activities. "Don't worry, boss, we'll watch your back."

You watch them doing the stupidest things, tripping over each other to protect themselves from these imagined attacks.

My mother use to have a word for these jumpy over-reactions: "La Consciencia."

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