You know, these alleged (please notice the "alleged," because primitives tend to stretch) experiences of black people in a white world is something with which I can relate.
I'm white, I look absolutely normal, no outstanding characteristics, utterly average.
Excepting of course the absence of ears, which is disguised by my wearing my hair a little longer than most males do.
Nobody sees the absence of ears, but when I walk into a place, people stop to look, either for a couple of seconds, or twenty seconds. It's true I'm 6'3", but I have the carriage and demeanour of an utterly harmless person, which I am.
But it's the way I am, because I'm deaf, that seems to attract notice.
I suppose one could call it "resembling sleep-walking," but that's not quite right. It's close, but not exactly.
But anyway, whenever I walk into a place, I DO attract attention.
It's no big deal, and nothing bad has ever come out of it.
As mentioned so many other times before, the only thing about myself in real life that attracts scorn or mockery or derision or Hate is when I open my mouth, betraying a monotonal voice as flat and broad and shallow as the Platte River.
Upon hearing my voice, "fundies," "Xtians," farmers, blue-collar workers, minorities, those for whom English is a second language (or not a language at all), church-going old ladies, rednecks, NASCAR fans, truck-drivers, ranchers, Hispanics, attorneys, physicians, dentists, the ministry, manual laborers, small-town folk, inner-city folk, ex-cons, motorcycle enthusiasts, middle-class housewives, conservatives, Republicans, &c., &c., &c., within seconds discern something is "wrong," and have it all figured out, after which it's no big deal.
On the other hand--and this is based upon a whole lifetime of experience, remember--those who imagine themselves "virtuous" in their tolerance, their open-mindedess, their respect for diversity, their social sensitivity--that is to say, Democrats, liberals, primitives, and most recently, Obamaites--well, the voice seems to provoke something really Hate-filled and hostile within them, their reactions ranging from utter incredulity to attempting to spit in the face.
Not ALL Democrats or liberals, but most definitely ALL primitives and Obamaites.
Based upon a whole entire lifetime of experience, remember.
