In response to Ashley's post, what happened to her was awful, but people are unfortunately ignorant even nowadays. I am not really surprised that an "elderly" White man would say those things about an African American man - he is from an older generation, and might have perceived the African American man as "low status," and figured he did something underhanded or shady to get "that kind of money." I would hope that people from later generations are more accepting, but if you think about the American ethnic system its "White" between "Non-white" with a few exceptions.
I remember my Grandpa telling me once that my best friend was "taking advantage of me," and I'm pretty sure he thought that because of the color of her skin. She never did anything like that, but I have to remember his perceptions are different than mine because we come from different generations.
- Josh Steffen
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