In 2 incidents, I got robbed as a kid and beaten up as a teenager...in both cases, the attackers were black teens. I think my parents used it as a crutch to dislike blacks in general, but I can honestly say that I never felt that way. After I got robbed (I was 11 at the time), I was afraid of black people for a while, but got past that. After the beatdown, I didn't have any contempt for black people...just the assholes that beat me up.
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