I’m white. For the better part of the last year, I’ve been working with mostly black guys. Often I’m the only white guy in the office. It’s fine, I get along with them well. One manager has a bit of an anti-white vibe sometimes, but no serious problems yet.
The power was out the other day, so there wasn’t a lot to do. Another manager (not the one I mentioned above) walks in, an older guy who we’ll call Ron, as do a few other black dudes of varying ages and they get to talking. Conversation turns to being black in America. Now, I’d always thought “we wuz kangs” was a bit of an exaggeration, that most black people didn’t seriously believe their ancestors ruled ancient Egypt and that the Greeks and Roman “stole their ideas” to build Western civilization and that, therefore, every great thinker from Homer up to Tesla or so owes everything to Sub-Saharan Africans, but that’s basically what Ron said. Judging from the reaction to this and other statements, that’s apparently a pretty mainstream belief in black America.
A few other things that Ron said that surprised me were:
1) Back in the day (not sure when exactly, I wasn’t going to ask) black families didn’t qualify for welfare if there was a man in the household. White families did not have this restriction. This is why black families are broken and black men have a reputation for sleeping around (i.e. it’s white people’s fault).
2) “They” (the government, I presume) made Muhammad Ali the way he was in the later part of his life to prevent him from becoming a powerful black leader. I almost objected here, but to be honest I can’t think of another boxer who has/had quite the symptoms Ali showed in old age. George Foreman seems fine, for example. I would imagine there are other boxers with these symptoms, but I can’t think of a specific example. Can any of you out there?
The whole conversation made me a lot less optimistic about the chances of black people and white people ever getting along very well. Keep in mind that these are all responsible, professional black guys with good jobs, money, and no criminal records (that I’m aware of). The kind of guys you’d invited over for dinner without a second thought. I can’t imagine what the mentality is like in South Chicago, inner-city Detroit, etc.
Any thoughts? Also, please delete this if it’s inappropriate. I’m not sure what Roosh’s current policy is on discussing race issues.
The power was out the other day, so there wasn’t a lot to do. Another manager (not the one I mentioned above) walks in, an older guy who we’ll call Ron, as do a few other black dudes of varying ages and they get to talking. Conversation turns to being black in America. Now, I’d always thought “we wuz kangs” was a bit of an exaggeration, that most black people didn’t seriously believe their ancestors ruled ancient Egypt and that the Greeks and Roman “stole their ideas” to build Western civilization and that, therefore, every great thinker from Homer up to Tesla or so owes everything to Sub-Saharan Africans, but that’s basically what Ron said. Judging from the reaction to this and other statements, that’s apparently a pretty mainstream belief in black America.
A few other things that Ron said that surprised me were:
1) Back in the day (not sure when exactly, I wasn’t going to ask) black families didn’t qualify for welfare if there was a man in the household. White families did not have this restriction. This is why black families are broken and black men have a reputation for sleeping around (i.e. it’s white people’s fault).
2) “They” (the government, I presume) made Muhammad Ali the way he was in the later part of his life to prevent him from becoming a powerful black leader. I almost objected here, but to be honest I can’t think of another boxer who has/had quite the symptoms Ali showed in old age. George Foreman seems fine, for example. I would imagine there are other boxers with these symptoms, but I can’t think of a specific example. Can any of you out there?
The whole conversation made me a lot less optimistic about the chances of black people and white people ever getting along very well. Keep in mind that these are all responsible, professional black guys with good jobs, money, and no criminal records (that I’m aware of). The kind of guys you’d invited over for dinner without a second thought. I can’t imagine what the mentality is like in South Chicago, inner-city Detroit, etc.
Any thoughts? Also, please delete this if it’s inappropriate. I’m not sure what Roosh’s current policy is on discussing race issues.
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