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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

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