euro-americans

Obruni! and sometimes would ask her if she was a ghost. some children who had not seen a white person before actually reacted with fear when she walked by. more than anything it was a lesson in not taking herself too seriously. she also noticed, upon passing back through Italy, that when some West African gentlemen were lost on the train, no one but she would help them. it made her hyper-aware of the interactions between people of different skin color back home. i think that both she, and i from hearing her stories about it, have come to the conclusion that a major hurdle for euro-americans is to just get over themselves and treat everyone as neighbors who want and need the same basic things out of life.

Racism and Empathy: Some of My Approximating Experiences 2006

Am i the only one getting this vision in my mind’s old eye of numerous camps being set up across the US wherein the poor – mostly african-american, some latinos and a few euro-americans – will be living under tents and dormitory roofs surrounded by chainlink/razor wire fences????

Think Progress » By the Numbers: In Katrina’s Wake, Race and Class Largely Ignored 2005