So now I'm the angry black man at work

[RicanFury]

they gonna be talking about you over some unseasoned potato salad with mad mayo every lunch break. its a wrap fam.

 

[JoogJoint]

My pop used to always say there's nobody more dangerous than a white woman. For years I would just look at him like , but that's because I was thinking on a physical level. Now that I'm working in an office environment, I see exactly what he means. And I ain't one of those anti-pawg, cac this cac that posters, however, working with white females in an office environment, you really have to watch what you say and how you deal with them. Some of them really do attempt to carve out a pecking order via passive aggressive bull sh!t. It's ridiculous. I remember working in blue collar settings with grimy white dudes, and one positive thing about them is, at the least they would let you know they weren't feeling you. Like they would tolerate you in the name of making a living and in many cases I earned their respect for not tolerating any of their bull sh!t. We will coexist at the least as you have to eat as do I. Ya know, there's ways to deal with that element.

The corporate world though............man, it's a monster unto itself and can drive you nuts if you don't learn to adapt to it. Women in general keep some bull sh!t going, but I swear white women take it to another level. It's a dirty game.

Your pops was VERY smart and too bad a lot of people don't know that they are just as guilty in White Supremacy as much as White Men are if not much more since they can use their feminine powers on their side.

 

[JoogJoint]

I'm currently a Division Director and many years back when i was fresh out of college I had this same exact thing happen to me, and for all the people saying you're on the clock, they're half right and half not, because you're always on the watch list, but if they didnt want you working there they wouldn't have hired you in the first place, but what I will say is that you COMPLETELY fukkED UP by saying something to the woman, because to tell you the truth, your manager and director probably read that email she sent and thought the same thing you did: "Ok so Hijo's supposed to be there at 8 and it's 8:08 and she's freaking out and sending us emails? God she's such a dramatic pain in the ass"

Now you escalated the situation and they've got to do more work by negotiating a transfer, which they don't want to do. Take it from a Director, Directors don't like doing work they don't have to do. She made them work by reading that bullsht email, and now YOU'RE making them work. She showed her c*ntiness by sending that shyt, and you should have let her fall on her face. You're salaried, so they dont give a fukk if you're 8 minutes late. They do give a fukk if you escalate a situation. Don't say anything else to her, be nice to everybody else, and be good at your job, and trust me you will be fine. As far as looking for another job, you should be doing that shyt ANYWAY, always be looking for better opportunities, so a panic exit strategy is not needed here. Nobody in the office is going to forget it, yes it's going to be a THING that happened, but trust if she's a big enough c*nt to send an email like that, you're not be only person in the office that thinks she's a c*nt, so just tune the bytch out and shine. Don't get angry about it anymore, it was a good learning experience, and you'll be just fine homie.

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Ok I see you said that your manager said that OTHER people had complained about you being hostile towards the old lady. That's a definite detriment.
so at this point it's established that you two don't like each other which is STILL fine that stuff happens, but as long as you're cool with everybody ELSE, good. If not, then I'm going to agree fully with the "panic exit strategy" posters.

And an aside comment "throwing people under the bus" in the corporate world doesn't have a goddamn hung to do with race 90% of the time these motherfukkers would throw their own mama under the bus. I've seen it done to all races by all races, so don't go the race route on that one don't carry that burden around with you, he did it cause he's a scoundrel, and he'd have done it if you were anglo-sax or Asian.

For any young breh professionals reading this thread:
Do not go out drinking with your coworkers.
Do not let your coworkers eat dinner with your family
Do not let your coworkers stay at your house
Do not volunteer detailed information about your private life.
Do not engage then when they become irate, troll them and say they need time to collect themselves and you'll return once they're composed.
Don't talk about politics.
Don't talk about race
Don't flirt with them, even other try to flirt with you.
Don't squirm under pressure, look them in he eye like a man and speak with conviction, they love arguing until they see you've got a backbone.

OP keep us updated, I bet this whole thing turns out fine.

I follow that list and ironically my coworkers tend to think I'm cold, distant, and not a "team player" at times.

You're damned if you do, damned if you don't.

 

[AtomicUse]

I follow that list and ironically my coworkers tend to think I'm cold, distant, and not a "team player" at times.

You're damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Once you get some years under your belt and get into consideration for management they'll view it as your ability to think dispassionately about situations and make decisions based on facts and not feelings. Just stomach it until then.