Black professionals getting territorial when another black person shows up? Come on son.

[Delicious]

Any of ya'll deal with this?

I work in a medium+ engineering/science company, and I've had too many of these run ins where I meet another black dude and he ice grills me or generally curves my questions/conversation for no apparent reason, yet if I observe them interacting with anyone else, they are laughing and shyt.


Example: I went to a presentation for the research branch of our company. They do the bleeding edge shyt. Black dude gave the presentation and invited people to talk 1on1 after the joint was over. I asked this dude 4 questions and he legit answered with a total of 4 words, all the whole looking at me like . Then the dude behind me, the chick behind him, and the dude behind her (no coco) all got a rousing conversation out of the dude, business card, all that. The chick asked 2 of the SAME questions I asked and the dude asked one of the same. nikka was all smiles and handshakes.

I swear I never wanted to pop the trunk on a nikka in a lecture hall so bad in my life.

Another Example: One of logistics dudes around here is a younger black dude. He stays socializing during his routes (he walks around a lot). I had to work with ol' dude a few times, and he starts off with a salty attitude, telling me I need to make sure my forms are in order and shyt. I saw homeboy fills forms out FOR people/tell them not to worry he'd skip that step.

The fukk is going on in professional black america? nikkas really boxing out like that? I ain't saying we need to all be friends, but this shyt is active selection.
I'm as hell about this shyt.

 

[Kitsch]

 

[Swiggy]

Another example of being pitted against one another... just to work twice as hard for half in the end. The devil ain't shyt...

 

[Food Mane]

If that's you in your avi, it makes sense. You don't look like the kind of person I would want to work with.

 

[beenz]

I work in a medium sized company as well and I'm going to our office for the first time EVER for me in like 2 weeks out west. I met the other 3 black people at a conference last summer, so I wonder if I'll get any ice grills if there are any additional black folks in the actual office. we will see....

 

[Delicious]

If that's you in your avi, it makes sense. You don't look like the kind of person I would want to work with.

nikka that's Doc Rivers.

Thanks for posting in the thread. Please see yourself out.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Any of ya'll deal with this?

I work in a medium+ engineering/science company, and I've had too many of these run ins where I meet another black dude and he ice grills me or generally curves my questions/conversation for no apparent reason, yet if I observe them interacting with anyone else, they are laughing and shyt.


Example: I went to a presentation for the research branch of our company. They do the bleeding edge shyt. Black dude gave the presentation and invited people to talk 1on1 after the joint was over. I asked this dude 4 questions and he legit answered with a total of 4 words, all the whole looking at me like . Then the dude behind me, the chick behind him, and the dude behind her (no coco) all got a rousing conversation out of the dude, business card, all that. The chick asked 2 of the SAME questions I asked and the dude asked one of the same. nikka was all smiles and handshakes.

I swear I never wanted to pop the trunk on a nikka in a lecture hall so bad in my life.

Another Example: One of logistics dudes around here is a younger black dude. He stays socializing during his routes (he walks around a lot). I had to work with ol' dude a few times, and he starts off with a salty attitude, telling me I need to make sure my forms are in order and shyt. I saw homeboy fills forms out FOR people/tell them not to worry he'd skip that step.

The fukk is going on in professional black america? nikkas really boxing out like that? I ain't saying we need to all be friends, but this shyt is active selection.
I'm as hell about this shyt.

They just do not like you.

 

[CrimsonTider]

If that's you in your avi, it makes sense. You don't look like the kind of person I would want to work with.

 

[Matt504]

Black people like to be the pet negro when around non-blacks, especially if those non-blacks praise them.

 

[Food Mane]

They just do not like you.

That's what I'm saying. He's old and sweaty and wearing a weird suit. I don't think this is about race at all.

 

[Delicious]

They just do not like you.

I don't discount the possibility, but like the first example, this dude had no more to go on about me then he did about the other people talking to him. I basically got professionally curved before I had a chance to make a bad impression.

 

[iBrowse]

*observation noted*

I was raised to know that not everyone will like you...with that said, I have experienced unwarranted hostility from some black people at my job and in certain groups back during undergrad where we are few and far in between. It probably stems from the need to assimilate and a lack of identity.

This is especially true if said black person does have some tendencies that you don't share...mostly brought on by their upbringing.

 

[Delicious]

That's what I'm saying. He's old and sweaty and wearing a weird suit. I don't think this is about race at all.

The dude in the Avi is Doc Rivers. The hell are you on bruh.

 

[Delicious]

I just can't wrap my head around it. I've been the token black (or at least 1 of like 3) in large groups most of my life, and don't think I've experienced this sort of "jealousy" or "protectiveness" over that imaginary slot. I've had black dudes come in that I didn't like, but they had to work for that like any other person.

 

[Food Mane]

The dude in the Avi is Doc Rivers. The hell are you on bruh.

I don't know anything about a doc rivers. I do salute you for putting your real pic in your avi though. Takes balls to do that on a site like this