2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: As a black loyal Democrat, I say SCREW the white working class who insist on voting Republican [View all]Buckeye_Democrat
(15,044 posts)I shared the story here a couple times in the past. Here's one of them:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8271172
I actually didn't stand up for Obama and minorities all that much because I could tell the guy who approached me in the bar was a tattoo-covered lunatic, but I suspect that I was still too much of a contrarian for that guy.
Dayton is pretty segregated, unfortunately, so some people aren't as trusting and nice toward others who look different. The hospital where I was transported was in a very AA-dominated area. Like I said, at least they didn't assault me too. Most of my anger was directed at the redneck bar, by far. I had some very evil thoughts about how to get revenge on that place for a few days, but I decided it wasn't worth it... and I didn't really know who did it anyway.
I don't think that forcing people of different skin colors to intermingle necessarily works, but I've noticed over the years that even my most racist white co-workers seemed to genuinely LIKE their African American co-workers. They might say something like, "I don't have a problem with guys like Lamar and Eddie, but..." They see crap in the media (protests or riots) and get worked up over it.
The cops who arrived on the scene outside the bar were useless. No real investigation at all.