Is that a Negro at my car?

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I am far from racist, but I bet that title is eye-catching! I was watching 20/20 last night and they had an interesting story on the black/white issue. They set up an old car in the park near the white part of town. They then had 3 white teenagers pretend to vandalize the car and spray paint it in broad daylight. People were walking by with their kids, walking their dogs, and jogging to shed those Christmas pounds. 20/20 was monitoring 911 calls, and had hidden cameras set up. While the white kids were doing their thing, there was only one 911 call and a couple of people talked to them and said they shouldn’t be doing that. At the same time, a guy called 911 because there was a family of black folks sleeping in their car. In fact, he called twice saying they looked shady like they were going to rob someone. The overall result was not many people bothered to stop and just went about their business.

Then came the black teenagers. They did the same thing as the white boys, but far more people stopped to say they should stop what they were doing. Not only that, but the […more]

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