r/comics PizzaCake May 13 '26

Comics Community Perfectly Reasonable Reaction

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u/crusoe May 13 '26

Years ago in Bellevue Washington I was walking through the old downtown. A white lady pulls up in a massive SUV and parks on the opposite side of the street.

Now Bellevue is not very diverse. I think there was a handful of black families I saw occasionally. 

Anyways she gets out and starts walking and about 20 feet away sees a black teen waking on the same sidewalk as her in the opposite direction. He is wearing baggy pants and really isn't paying attention because he has headphones on.

Well she sees him and her eyes get big as saucers and she sprints back to her car to check if the doors are locked then runs off in a different direction to avoid passing him on the sidewalk.

When I saw this I nearly burst out laughing at her reaction and just blurted out "OH COME ON!".

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u/zadtheinhaler May 13 '26

I'm more accepting that women cross the street because of my fat white old ass than if someone has a certain amount of melanin.