I'm sorry that you had to go through that, but I think you're made of awesome for dealing with it like you did. You took the high road and sure, you may have thought about just beating the brain juice out of them, but you didn't. You listened. *g*

I'm also glad that you posted this because I think that opening up a dialogue on this issue is still so important. Racism is still a huge problem and it can happen to anyone. It's not just a black problem, a latin problem, a white problem… it's anywhere that people are being fucktards. *g*

I think I'll shut up now…

I faced racism at the prison as well. I'm going to speak frankly here, those who are offended easily should skip the reading of this comment. This is what happened and I don't sugar coat it for PC sensibilities.

The lines there are drawn so brightly that it's always an issue for everyone. White inmates thought that I would treat them differently because they were white, the majority of black inmates disrespected me in ways they never would a black officer. I never had a white inmate expose his penis or jack off where I could see, or even throw bodily fluids at me. Because I'm thick and I had short hair when I first started, many of black inmates thought I would be easily seduced and had low self-esteem. Another damn stereotype. And the pressure on black officers was unimaginable from both staff and inmates. Inmates accused them of being "Uncle Tom" if they did their jobs, but if they weren't balls to the wall, staff would assume it was just a matter of time before they were dirty.

One might think it's easy for me to say that being white and that I don't know, but I do. My daughter is Mexican and goes to a school where she's one of two non-whites. My heart broke in a million pieces when she came home and asked me what a wetback was or why a boy threw lettuce at her at lunch.