Except, it's insular, reactionary and beneath the veneer anti-human. There is one African American that lives in town. One. Outsiders are regarded with slitted eyes and god forbid you have dark skin or look like a ferner or a liberal. These are law abiding, church going, tax paying citizens. God bless the USA.
The beauty of my community is that its full of hippies, greenies and what you'd call liberals as well as the rednecks. Many people round here at the very least supplement their income by growing weed, and every year we get chopper raids and the associated cop invasions. So even the rednecks get the sense of being under siege. A similar us against them mentality, but cos the locals are so diverse, and we do get lots of tourists it isn't as insular and inward looking as many rural communities.
I'm pretty sure where the burglars came from and the odds are very high they are african american. It's a constant battle within me to maintain my ideals, at least in my actions and words, if not in the privacy of my own thoughts.
That really is completely understandable. Having your house broken into and your stuff taken is not nice. it leaves a horrible feeling of betrayal and hurt. Sometimes you need to give in to your anger and let it out no matter how unreasonable it seems to your "better nature".
Just remember that your "better nature" is the thing you don't want to lose by indulging the anger and grief all the time. Its human to get upset and angry when you get fucked over. Its hard not to let it rule your life too. Especially when its an ongoing threat.
Also, maybe you should move out of the city.
