White people are often surprised when Black people are angry.

Evidence

My father, although he wouldn’t admit it, bore the wounds of that experience. He held a deep distrust of white people that bordered on hatred. That shouldn’t be surprising, considering that he grew up in Jim Crow Mississippi, but white people often seem surprised when black people are angry. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 137

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Fear of white fear forces African Americans to censor rage publicly — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 244; White fear of black anger distorts and constrains black political behavior — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 244; White people fear being seen as racist during interracial interactions (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Fear of white fear forces African Americans to censor rage publicly — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 244; White fear of black anger distorts and constrains black political behavior — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 244; White people fear being seen as racist during interracial interactions (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• White people fear being seen as racist during interracial interactions #complicates (0.74)