Hey, I'll add my 2 cents too. Same thing. Born and raised in a somewhat poor black area. Only white kids among my group of friends.
Walking around neighborhood (we were around 14) at about 800pm. Cop stops all of us(5 of us). Tells my 4 black friends to "go back to your side of the tracks". Doesn't say shit to me. We weren't doing anything wrong either. Just walking and talking.
In school. Me and black friend (around 15 tears old). Do something stupid. I don't remember exactly. Yell a curse word or something equally dumb. We get separated and sent to office. I get warning. He gets 5 day suspension. Neither of us had any cause for extra or less punishment.
And the typical. Me and black friend walk into book store in mall. He was immediately shadowed the entire time. I could have robbed them blind.
On that note. There was this indoor flea market in the worst part of town. I was talking with one of the clothing vendors when I found a security tag on a pair of pants. We asked how he gets them. He told us he hires a group. 2 white ladies and 2 black ladies, both with strollers. They go into a department store somewhat separately and into the same department. The black ladies walk around touching and the white ladies do the stealing. He said it works 95% of the time.
I appreciate growing up in the way that I did. It made me a much more empathetic and humble person. I keep hearing how white people, Christians, rich people, etc. are so persecuted and it's incredible how self-absorbed people can be. How lost in their own personal misery can make them feel as if the world is against them. When in reality they are just making harder for the real persecuted people out there.