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Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Originally Posted by claudhopper
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Don't black people, asian people, mexican people stick together, Catholics don't hang with atheists, young don't hang with old, law abiders don't hang with criminals, and conservatives don't hang with liberals, if they can help it, SO WHAT?......feel free to associate with whomever you like.
No, we don't. Some white ethnicities living in white ethnic enclaves (Irish, Italian come to mind) might stick together but otherwise we don't "stick together."
Some of my italian American co-workers will make innocent, off-handed comments about the Irish or Russian Americans that just crack me up.
They're convinced that we (Irish) do drink more than other cultures and like to fight.
OMG that is horrible. Have you ever been denied a job because of that jesting stereotype?
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Originally Posted by doc1
Some of my italian American co-workers will make innocent, off-handed comments about the Irish or Russian Americans that just crack me up.
They're convinced that we (Irish) do drink more than other cultures and like to fight.
The reason why I ask is because one of my black coworkers seems to think that if one black messes up in the eyes of white folks( he values the opinions of whites, apparently) all blacks will be judged the same as the black that has "messed up".
I told him that's a insult to blacks and whites to say that. He thinks whites are so narrow minded that they cannot distingish between individual behavior and group behavior. Also, as a black person it's an insult to me because he seems to think that I must "act a certain way" in front of whites in order to get their "approval"......
He goes on to say: As blacks, "we must stick together" and than says. "whites stick together, blah,blah, blah......"
I said: Whites stick together no more than blacks do. Don't believe everything you see and hear on TV or read.
Poor whites and affluent or middle class whites dislike eachother the same as poor and affluent or middle class blacks dislike eachother.
I call it the "Grass Is Greener" syndrone. People always seem to think the next guy has it better than they do. Hence my black coworker making is dumb remarks.......
Most people are to busy thinking about themselves to be thinking about sticking together with someone else.
QUESTION-- Do white folks stick together?
Most certainly, we have secret meetings where we devise the downfall of all those who do not meet our pigmentation. We ploy with businesses and governments to destroy those darker pigmentation!
Muahahahah!!! *pinky finger to the corner of mouth" Muahahahaha!!!
No, not really, but hey! It makes for a great excuse for some people right?
What are you talking about, allen's post was excellent and well formatted.
White people don't beat eachother up for acting black, for the way they talk, or getting an education or not.
wrong on the latter part
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we generally value education
I'd question this.
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politeness
Some parts of the Northeast and California are exceptions to this.
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and those that try to make something of themselves, but we don't harass those that don't.
Be "polite" and you're going to get stepped on and regarded as weak by many white Americans.
But seriously, I wish we did. I see non-whites always sticking together, so why not us? I guess we whites are all in our own little bubbles.
LOL.....that's exactly what I am talking about. Those on the outside looking in seem to think the "other groups" stick together when in fact they don't. As my coworker things.......
As I said earlier, the grass is not greener. It only appears to be.
no no and no, lol I had a white friend (race doesn't matter just a point), mention that living with family cousin uncle etc is a black thing. I think she has a point. she said that white people would rather help cousin sister brother pay or watch them suffer than to allow them to live with them. Go figure. By the way she is right, lol
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