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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
Bro,
There is not an excuse for ignorance like Renda described-- not an excuse for anyone, regardless of their color.
At times, the people who have PERSONALLY given me the most heartache and grief have been hispanic and black people.
Some people, regardless of their color, just don't know how to carry themselves in a professionally acceptable manner.
If this person was my supervisor, I would have told her boss about her ignorance too.
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You know Jermyn, I think I stand up for you more than you do!
Look...was this person out of line? Yep. But I think one of the most valuable things we can do, when someone misbehaves is ask, "Why?" And eventually, this kind of story ends up bringing out the worst, such as the dude who is obviously irritated that so many black people in the funeral industry...so many he can't count them...have said, "I don't want no white person touching me". THAT'S when *I* get irritated. This story is just gonna bring out the anti-black potshots! Has AllState ever considered WHY a black person in the south may say that??? And better yet, how many multitudes of times more have white people said, "I don't want no black man touching me!"?
Yes, this person expected people of her own race to help her out in a workplace battle against a person of a different race. Let's reverse the races in this story and admit that this same scenario, in reverse order, has happened WAY more.
But ultimately, I'm figuring that black people, in proportion (oh boy, I'm gonna catch it for this) have about 400 years of mistreating us before the score is even. So for now, I'll just let it slide.
In conclusion (Can the musicians please come), I don't think this story has as much to do with race as it does a person who was a poor employee in an office. I think you could substitute these people being relatives, rather than race (I thought since you were my cousin, you'd back me up against her) and it would be identical.
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