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Originally Posted by djchameleon
It actually is though, it's more than just income that makes people of a different skin color have a different experience in life.
Good luck picking being a suburban middle class black kid, you will constantly have to experience being prejudiced against on many levels. You get into a good school and people will only assume that you were there because of your skin color and not your own merit. You will get pulled up significantly more because of your skin color. Assumptions will be made about you and people will view you as a threat just because of your skin color.
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A lot of what you just said applies to class in the UK.
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I would take the poor white trailer park kid and not have to worry about simple **** like playing Pokemon Go in certain areas and having people be suspicious of you for it. Getting the benefit of the doubt of being non threatening is a great thing and I have no idea why you would want to give that up.
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I'd take living in a nice area away from crime, with a house that isn't rented, better schooling, university and job prospects at the end, over worrying that other people find me 'threatening'.
The amount of money you or your parents have impacts your life more than anything.