Racist neighbor
Rant incoming. If not appropriate for this sub, I understand if this post is deleted.
Fellow dads. I don’t know where else to post, so I thought daddit would provide the support I’m looking for.
I, Hispanic American, have a neighbor that lives at the end of my street, we don’t ever talk or interact. The only interactions between us have been him flipping me the bird when I’m driving past him. First time I thought it was weird but I shrugged it off because I don’t want to have any major problems with someone in my neighborhood.
Second incident, I was going to walk to the mailbox with my 7 year old when we saw driving erratically swerving all over the street blaring his horn. So we walked right back inside and didn’t bother to leave the house for the rest of the night.
Earlier today, on my way to an errand, we drove past each other and he’s flipping me off with both hands. I was annoyed but more confused since we don’t know each other. I do know his front door neighbor, so I called that neighbor and asked about him.
I was told he hates Hispanics, well my kids are mixed(my wife is a white woman). I was told he likes to get drunk and hang out on his front yard and shout, yell, and rant. I was also told he has an arsenal of weapons. So naturally my reaction is to stay away from him and avoid any interaction with him.
It’s difficult for me to live in peace knowing there’s a crazy person that hates me, only because of my skin color, living down the street from me and my family. I’m not going to get into politics, but I hate the society we’re living in right now and what my children are having to grow up in.
I’m full of emotions at this moment, anger, anxiety, disappointment, sadness. We’re good people that keep to ourselves, we don’t hate, we don’t bother anyone, we just try to do our best in this world. Now I have to live with this worry in the back of my head.