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personal biases?   2. personal biases Tue, Sep 14, 1999 - 7:27
PM/EST  I have some personal biases but I don't know how to
describe them. I am not against african americans, but I do not
walk in their shoes when it comes to being discriminated
against. When I encounter an african american person I am
cautious that they will percieve some action of mine to be
racist because of bad experiences in the past. When I was a kid
I envied the little girl in school who had these wonderful
cornrows. I wanted to touch one and see how the beads stayed on.
Her friends called me a racist for doing that. Later on I made
friends with her (because we had some things in common, not
because of my fixation on her hair). I remember going to her
house and watching Roots with her family. I felt very alientated
from them and very guilty for being white when