The guy across the street is a rather loud insurance agent who bragged about how he and his wife " bar hopped " across country on their last vacation. I don't associate much with him, same with Real Estate folks. There is something about the personalities that just turns me off.

However as long as these folks are white it is a choice I make. But if they are not white, than it becomes a matter of being racist. Even though my reasons for not wanting to associate have not changed. Why is that?

Why is it that white people are not allowed to choose who they wish to associate with? Or better yet, what is it that non white folks hold over white folks that scares us into thinking we'll be called racist for not wanting to associate? As far as I am aware there was no slave ownership in my family history so I owe no apologies to any non white people. Come to think of it our family was not here during the abuses of the Native Americans so I owe no apologies there either.

But if I don't wish to associate with certain groups of people, somehow this translates into me being a racist.

For the record I don't associate with a lot of people. White black purple green yellow I don't care. I associate with who I want to.

Next I'll be told I'm a racist because I started that last sentence with "white".

Next time " Picking toe nails in public, is that racist "?