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Originally Posted by Rochard
I fully believe this. I have one black friend; He is the godfather of my only child. He tells me the same thing - when he grew up in Compton as a kid they were more or less taught to not trust the police. There was also a huge amount of peer pressure to commit crimes - everyone was dealing in drugs. He managed to stay away from the crime and out of trouble, and got a scholarship to a great school (Notre Dame I believe). When he graduated he knew he couldn't return home. Instead he moved to a place where he is the only black guy in town. The police there surely don't fear blacks so he never lives in fear of the police.
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I had a black neighbor here for about a year. He was a great guy, he cut hair and has a white wife and two black kids. I didn't think he'd make it here in South O.C., it's unforgiving here. My concerns were cemented when his kid knocked on my door and was practicing a sales pitch for a door to door candybar charity thing. He was good but I knew most people here won't open the door for him and likely would be mean or call the cops. A couple months later they moved out. I was gonna offer my son to be his ghost knocking on doors but it wouldn't make much difference here. The only black guy out here is a huge personal trainer that runs down the bike paths with his wealthy female clients.