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  18.  @havingfunwithashlie1980  I never said racism doesn't exist. I said America was not based on it and the systemic racism you claim exists is absolutely NOT supported by data. I've looked at it myself. Thomas Sowell has been researching it for over 50 years. Are you suggesting you know something that he doesn't know? Heather McDonald has quite possibly the most in-depth research on the subject of blacks and cops that there is. And guess what? The data does not support that. You gave an anecdotal experience, which is not a fair assessment of the overall picture. If that were the case, then my anecdotal experience cancels yours out. I'm a white woman married to a black man. He has 4 kids and I have 3, but they've been best friends their whole lives ( they're all adults now). Never one time has my husband or any of my step kids experienced racism. Not one time. They were all popular in school, have good jobs, haven't gotten pulled over, etc. My husband has gotten every job he's gone for, has never been pulled over except when he was speeding, and has been treated well by most people in his life. My kids, on the other hand, have been mistreated for being white. My two sons were bullied for being white and my daughter was mistreated even by a college professor. I've been called racial slurs more times than I can count. I'm not bothered by it though because it is a reflection of the person saying it, not on the one receiving it. Also, I don't know what happened with your son. I'm not saying that discrimination never happens, but it is NOT the norm. 9 times out of 10 when someone says they were mistreated, there is much more to the story. I heard a guy recently say that the cop he was arrested by only arrested him because he was black. Everyone who heard it was horrified and angry. Well, when the facts came out, he had been involved in a gang fight and not only didn't follow the officer's orders, but fought against them. There might have been a reason your son's car was searched. I don't know.
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