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The documentation of your daily racism encounters claim were quite weak for a master debater.
Providing evidence of personal encounters would likely involve disclosing personal information, which is both a bad idea and against forum rules I believe. Anyway, you shouldn't have to ask someone specifically for evidence of their own encounters. A quick google search landed me on this study of 101 black teenagers which asked them to track their experiences involving racism over a 2 week period:
How Much Racism Do You Face Every Day? (Published 2020)
To see how your experience compares, answer some of the questions that were posed to 101 black teenagers as part of a study measuring the racism they face on a daily basis.
www.nytimes.com
According to the study, the 101 teenagers reported 5600+ experiences, or 70+ on average for each over 2 weeks. These experiences weren't just violent or police related encounters that we typically think of when we hear about racism in the US, but things many people think are not that big a deal like:
- How many times were you asked to speak for all members of your race/ethnicity during a class?
- How many times did a peer point out that you fit a stereotype of your race/ethnicity?
- How many times were you mistaken for someone else of your same race/ethnicity?
- How many times did people show you a racist image online?
The teens who participated in the study were students at a middle school, a high school and a summer program in Washington. Those who experienced more instances of discrimination over the two weeks also showed more symptoms of short-term depression, the study found, such as difficulty sleeping, loneliness and anxiety.
Seeing or hearing about a parent or friend experiencing racial discrimination, the study suggested, had a similar effect on the mental health of participants as discrimination they experienced themselves. Dr. English said that was in line with post-traumatic stress research which shows that witnessing violence against others can be as damaging as personally experiencing it.