I Was Taught to Be Racist for My Own Protection

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My parents taught me to hate the police.
My parents taught me to only date within my race.
My parents taught me to never trust white people because they smile in your face and call you “the N-word” behind your back.

My parents were terrified that the same racism that they had endured would cause me the same tremendous pain and frustrating limitations as it had caused them. They wanted to protect me from the experiences of hate that they had lived.

That hea…