Again, indifference is not praise. No one laughed. It’s interesting that you say what she said about George has nothing to do with us and shouldn’t matter but turn around and say that anything that happens to her that has nothing to do with us…is supposed to matter?
Dog, anyone who thinks black people are less than can die and I will not give a fukk about them doing so. Anyone. I don’t care if they are black, white, brown, native or Asian. You believe me and my people to be subhuman then you can die slow and alone and I’ll care more about burning my garlic bread. She was wrong, not us acknowledging she was wrong and attaching appropriate responsibility to her views.
nikka you quoted me and even bolded my comment but made sure to stop right before he very next word which was ANYONE?
Did you tell her thisBoarding my flight priority so I’m on the plane well ahead of other folks with room to store my suitcase
Everyone ahead of me gets their bags through and as I sit here now I see everyone else after coming through with theirs - suitcases same size or bigger than mine
the ONLY people who get pulled aside to see if their bags are “proper size” are me and the brother behind me
and who was it that pulled aside the only black people to board? A sister!
you gon pick out your brothers but let all these white folk go
there’s such a poor sense of looking out for our own when people are at their job, and rather than look out for each other so many of our people tear our own down
we gotta do better man… obviously if someone is wilin they wilin but you see another breh or brehette you should have their back is that too much to ask?
This has nothing to do with black women I said we as people, that’s all of us because I’ve seen brehs do each other dirty too
This single incident pushed me to make a thread, but if it were a one off thing it wouldn’t have been thread worthy to me
I travel in a suit (no tie). Solves most of these issues.
face.I generally agree with this, although brother behind me was wearing a suit and it didn’t help him out at allI travel in a suit (no tie). Solves most of these issues.
More often than not, everyone (white, Asian, and black) goes out their way to call me "sir" . I often get free passes at TSA for minor things (liguids, gels, toothpaste,etc) and I have yet to be searched even once in the dozen or so flights since I started the suit thing.
Funny thing is that I started doing it primarily because suit slacks are incredibly comfortable to sit in for a few hours, so I ditched jeans/sweats/chinos etc. for comfort. I subbed out dress shoes for riding/driving loafers for more comfort.
It took me a few trips until I noticed the difference in treatment. But when I did, I hit the
Not a single issue flying domestically (dfw, atl, den, lax, ord) or internationally (Heathrow, pcg, schipol, etc)
My g I don’t know why you even responded. His act is old & predictableAgain, indifference is not praise. No one laughed. It’s interesting that you say what she said about George has nothing to do with us and shouldn’t matter but turn around and say that anything that happens to her that has nothing to do with us…is supposed to matter?
Dog, anyone who thinks black people are less than can die and I will not give a fukk about them doing so. Anyone. I don’t care if they are black, white, brown, native or Asian. You believe me and my people to be subhuman then you can die slow and alone and I’ll care more about burning my garlic bread. She was wrong, not us acknowledging she was wrong and attaching appropriate responsibility to her views.
Not asking to look out but how about do your job & check everyone. It’s like some of our people see us and instantly think the worstBoarding my flight priority so I’m on the plane well ahead of other folks with room to store my suitcase
Everyone ahead of me gets their bags through and as I sit here now I see everyone else after coming through with theirs - suitcases same size or bigger than mine
the ONLY people who get pulled aside to see if their bags are “proper size” are me and the brother behind me
and who was it that pulled aside the only black people to board? A sister!
you gon pick out your brothers but let all these white folk go
there’s such a poor sense of looking out for our own when people are at their job, and rather than look out for each other so many of our people tear our own down
we gotta do better man… obviously if someone is wilin they wilin but you see another breh or brehette you should have their back is that too much to ask?
