African American

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

22. I have no doubt

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 10:22 PM

Jul 2019

that you have been through horrendous experiences. I'm sorry to hear that you have to go through this every day. As a kid, I had hopes that we would be a better country by the time I hit my current age, if not sooner.

And my customer service work was in NJ, which I've known to be quite racist. There are a lot of guys who I worked with who thought they could tell ,me a racist joke just because I'm white. I heard words to describe black people that I needed defined, I had never heard them before, like that one for "eggplant" that was used in the Green Book movie.

After word got around that I wasn't into that, I started noticing that most of my acquaintances through work were people of color.

Yes, of course people in the North barbecue. But it seems tougher to relate to a vegan/vegetarian in the South for some reason, is what I find. Maybe Sen. Booker's "northernness" bothers some.

In any case, the Democratic-leaning people around here tend to favor Joe Biden over the other alternatives, in my limited sample of people, anyway.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

29 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

A serious question about Kamala Harris, but alas, in a minefield... [View all] TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 OP

I think she has the same problem Barack had. mainstreetonce Jul 2019 #1

Barack Obama had one big thing going for him customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #6

Indian/African backgrounds are more common in Jamaica due to the British colonial influence htuttle Jul 2019 #2

The "you aren't really black" attack is a divisive tactic MaryMagdaline Jul 2019 #3

If you don't "talk black ..." EffieBlack Jul 2019 #18

Something of nothing JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #4

This Recursion Jul 2019 #5

Is it possible customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #9

Nope JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #10

Let's look at the experiences customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #11

Exhausting JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #16

I have no doubt customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #22

This assumes that the "black experience" is limited to a very narrow stereotype assumed by some EffieBlack Jul 2019 #21

I'm sure there's a very wide variation customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #23

No. EffieBlack Jul 2019 #19

Guess you never lived in the northeast. AAs and West Indians get along well mostly. brush Jul 2019 #7

I will eat jerk all day. The first time I saw animosity was when I heard an agitated West Indian... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #14

The Tutsis and Hutus JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #20

Great question. Back in the '80s, I worked for a company with headquarters Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #8

Beautiful! spicysista Jul 2019 #12

Awww...Thanks, spicysista! Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #15

It is most curious to me customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #24

It's most curious to me his numbers are falling Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #25

I know very little about the answer, but I like this question a lot. nt Susan Calvin Jul 2019 #13

I don't think it's innocent JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #17

Yeah, I realized that when I started hearing it other places. nt Susan Calvin Jul 2019 #29

When you see her what is it you see? tirebiter Jul 2019 #26

I grew up with a completely racist white grandmother lapfog_1 Jul 2019 #27

Kamala is being attacked, watoos Jul 2019 #28