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Can your neighbourhood turn you into a racist?
by lainad

Can your neighbourhood turn you into a racist?

In May, a community newspaper in Florida printed an essay by journalist Cathy Salustri which was originally conceived as an entry on her blog, Just Keep Swimming. Salustri, who lives in Bartlett Park, a predominately black neighbourhood, wrote that because of her experiences – property being stolen, black men leering at her on the street, the perceived amount of people without employment - she feared that she was becoming a racist.