Black extroverts...how do you interact with white people?

[Earth2God]

i tap dance and sing negro spirituals

 

[SunnyD]

Treat them the same as anyone else. Not gonna spend my life being scary of dudes. I'm nice, I make conversation and time will show you who they really are. Time will also get them feeling comfortable and they will tell you everything in their life.

Agreed. I have a white co worker .. older lady. She talks way too damn much. I know all her business which is entirely none 2 much.

 

[SunnyD]

I think it’s best to always be yourself. I don’t code switch. I’m me. If I’m addressing you feel free to join .. If I’m not we probably don’t share sweaters. White folks don’t shyt glitter so they don’t get special treatment. I don’t tippy toe around them. I treat everyone the same .. but black people get a little extra sauce/ love.

 

[Earth2God]

I act the same around white people as I do black people.

I'm in Cali though, so the whites here aren't sheltered from other races like in other parts of the US.

The jews and middle eastern peoples in LA are already up on game so they don't do things out of line.

This one Persian Jewish real estate developer client (60+ years old) was driving me across LA when we hit south central and he saw this fish market on manchester and was like "oh shyt, that place has been in business 30years, they have the best fukking fish and chips in the city" (he was in boarding school in London growing up so he has a love for fish and chips)

We pulled up hopped out and went in the spot like he belonged there. Full suit on and yalmaka too. This is in the hood hood, like if pnb would have slid thru he woulda got got just like he did at that roscoes. Dude was chatting it up and talking to folks like Obama at a town hall meeting.

Some people are goofy. Some cats are just beyond the illusions of division that exist. Real ones are the same across the field. When I feel like it I should write a story about how i linked up with alotta Aryan Brotherhood ex cons on the Oakyville side of Stockton. Full on large swastika on the forearm, but fukks with nikkas.

Being from LA too your analysis is on point.

Some people have more universal personalities where they can talk to people of any age or race. Get a general understanding of how respect codes and body language works. Being able to speak confidently to people without fear.

In general big diverse cities and traveling a lot make you more like that.

But on the flip theres alotta sheltered immigrants here who only associate with their own race.

I wanna hear more about your aryan homie tho

 

[ObsidianDev]

work in retail long enough you can talk to anyone

Underrated post

 

[ViShawn]

Afraid? lol. Nah, I just grew up around them, at least the ones in the red states, and saw how they move & talk about their black "friends" or "friendly" black people.

I can interact with them just fine. I have to as a corporate breh. But I'm talking about brehs who are normally friendly, smiley, whatever-acting and bring that same energy to them. From my experience you inevitably have to check them, and suddenly you're militant because you're not letting jokes slide. At some point in my late teens, early 20s I was just like .



I'm talking white people breh.



Less so due to commonality but more so due to not having that uncertainty of if I'm dealing with a white person or a full blown CAC.



I'd say Cali is kind of an exception honestly...especially LA where it's not uncommon for white people to have black friends.



DId you feel like you have to check some racism at some point? That's my deal with befriending white people...95% of the time if you're too friendly they start letting at least some humor out and expect you to accept it or take it as "just a joke." With a lot of them it's either you're the cool black guy they can make racist jokes around, or you're intimidating. This is not always the case everywhere (spots on the west coast as outliers) but is generally the case.



I 100% agree with this. Especially if you're not the type to show your gums and kee kee w/ them. Self-respect is almost seen as hostility to them. Because of course it is.

I've checked colleagues and had to check someone in college that was in my same ROTC unit. I feel like I would have to do it to randoms more than close friends. I lived in Virginia, Georgia, and now Texas so YMMV.

 

[CW99]

Agreed. I have a white co worker .. older lady. She talks way too damn much. I know all her business which is entirely none 2 much.

Yup and the most valuable thing in life is Time and Info, if they give you that for free now you have the advantage.

 

[Sway]

I intimidate most.

 

[Shadow King]

Think other races of people are aliens brehs.

This applies to most of the Coli especially regarding white people lol

 

[theflyest]

Keep it business

 

[Savvir]

i tap dance and sing negro spirituals

Negged