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In reply to the discussion: White DUers: Tell Your Stories [View all]underpants
(182,603 posts)This was the early 90's and at least then there were clearly two Armies - white and black.
No sense Nile overt act but generally getting out on certain details. The single best NCO I encountered in the Army was a black guy. BTW - I stopped using the N word in the Army. Transplanting to the South at an early age I fell victim to using it. I haven't said it since I got out.
This isn't Me experiencing discrimination but it was an eye opener/culture shock.
I went to the local mall to get some more up to date American clothes. I hadn't realized that during my 3 years in Germany I'd picked up some European fashion elements that people told me were unusual once I got home.
So I'm in line and let me tell you I was in total don't give a _____ attitude land. If I didn't smell like it you could have seen me from 100 yards away and said "Well he's a pot smoker". In front of me are two middle aged white ladies and behind me a young black guy. He was in slacks a nice shirt and tie. Probably had an office job somewhere in the area. So the middle aged white cashier asks each of the ladies "cash check or charge?" I step up looking like a hippie with a military hair cut gone shaggy (I kept my hair as long as possible while in the Army) and she asked me the same. I get my stuff and step off to the side and the black guy steps up "Will this be CASH?" I let out a "Damn!". She looked at me with a "What's?" look on her face. I looked at the guy behind me and said "Damn man. I'm...." He just smiled, shrugged, and said "Nothing new".