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I understand the overwhelming influx of SJW stuff, but this is actually quite appropriate here.

As a fellow white guy, I know it's a lot easier for me to walk up to stranger and have them trust me than many minorities would experience.

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it's not just trust. a minority person (by which i mean to include all and only the less powerful in society, which has a heavy overlap with racial and ethnic minorities) can seem completely non-threatening, but still won't receive the kind of treatment he gets because the other party cannot muster the mental energe to do it as they finds it hard to imagine such treatment "leading to" anything.

As a very short white guy (5'1 here), I can assure you that height and attractiveness is much more important than race

have you ever been a tall attractive black guy?

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