Oh, I’ve gotten plenty of judgmental glances. I was in the U.S. military overseas for a few years. Got plenty of judgmental glances, and sometimes they did things even worse than that. Got my share in the U.S. too. I would think most people have gotten them one time or another. If the worst part of your day was a judgmental glance, you had a pretty good day.
I did NOT mean to trivialize the abuse your ASU friend got however, and I apologize if you thought I was scoffing at that. THAT really is racist and horrible, and it is an indication that the problem isn’t 100% solved. My point was that such problems still exist, but they are not the epidemic they once were. Such incidents are thankfully the exception and not the rule…though there is no shortage of people whose livelihoods and world views depend on perpetuating the idea that they ARE the rule.
I have spent a lot of time in Europe and dealing with Europeans, and the ones who haven’t spent much time in the US often think it really IS still 1962 in this country, Some people posting here remind me of those people…inflating both the frequency and severity of the racist acts that do occur. So something that happens once a year is suddenly a constant problem, and a little hat becomes a burning cross.