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More on a personal note: Many years ago,<br />
when one of our family members was living<br />
in East St. Louis, Illinois, she tells the story<br />
of a time that someone broke into her home.<br />
After the break-in, she became very fearful.<br />
One evening when she returned home from<br />
work she had a “Fear Attack Experience”.<br />
She opened her front door and stepped<br />
inside, immediately fear overshadowed her.<br />
She ran out of the back door, one city block<br />
away before she realized she was not being<br />
chased at all. Her fear was based on an<br />
experience. Her fear was very real to her.<br />
Most Whites fear Blacks, first of all,<br />
because of stereotype. But the core of their<br />
fears comes from “fear of retaliation”.<br />
A racist tries to put fear in a person so that<br />
the person will back down and stay if their