If this was in a poor white neighborhood I&#x27;d expect similar shit to happen.<p>It&#x27;s much more an issue of socioeconomic status than race. And I&#x27;m sorry you perceived my post in that matter.<p>They&#x27;re predominantly Spanish speaking Puerto Ricans. You&#x27;re the only one who mentioned anything about race when it comes to that instance and your own presumptions don&#x27;t hold true.<p>And I never said I was &quot;the only rich white guy in a gentrified neighborhood&quot;. That wouldn&#x27;t make any sense, one person doesn&#x27;t gentrify a neighborhood. I said I was one of the only gentrifying members who has made an attempt to become a part of the existing community. This is consistent with every place I live, work, and play whether said place is predominantly minority, or predominantly white.<p>Every person has <i>decades</i> (except children) of experiences that I don&#x27;t have. Every person is an extremely rich fabric comprised of characteristics inherited from an extremely complex ecosystem of factors. As such, I try to treat everyone with respect, and it ends up enriching my own world.<p>That being said, sometimes I still don&#x27;t know exactly what to say. I come from a world of privilege even if my parents were lower to middle middle class, and they certainly don&#x27;t.<p>Crime is more predominant in lower socioeconomic groups, it&#x27;s just a reality. Did I blame every latino in my neighborhood? Did I scorn, run to the police, move away? No. I just backed off for a little and then came back after the holidays and kept going about my business.<p>You can perceive that however you like.<p>Edit: And what exactly was this racist thing I said? Was it when I heard that a couple of people were going to take things from my house and so backed off for a little? To mention a legitimate event that happened to me is now considered racist?<p>Edit 2: And in this world - [0] - You&#x27;re damn straight I&#x27;m proud to have such a multicultural group of friends, and experiences. And even though this post indicates otherwise, I don&#x27;t particularly give two shits how anyone misconstrues my post which essentially was trying to say &quot;We should come together, hang out with eachother, and understand and forgive&quot;. Because, apparently I&#x27;m assuming superiority by continuing to hang out with people after I heard they where going to take shit from my house. All I can say is, fuck that.<p>[0] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;wonk&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;08&#x2F;25&#x2F;three-quarters-of-whites-dont-have-any-non-white-friends&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;wonk&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;08&#x2F;25&#x2F;three...</a>