You'd think that Black people who left racist Kentucky, and moved to Ohio, far enough north to be quite a bit less racist than from where they came, would be a little more mellow than being a powder keg ready to explode if someone looks at them the "wrong way".
When I visit L.A. or Chicago, there are loads of people I've seen, that snap at you and threaten to "beat you to a pulp" just because what they are doing might catch your eye, especially when it looks a little suspicious. I've had several homeless drug-takers and winos, and would-be gang types stare at me, and then charge towards me pretending like they're going to attack, and yelling "What are YOU looking at?" As if I don't have the right to look ahead when I'm walking. They're paranoid that I don't "approve" of them, because they are setting up a makeshift tent under a freeway ramp, to sleep in that night, or they are sitting and smoking a joint, or drinking beer or spirits.
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