I'm black and I never had to assimilate, never had to do any c00ning, shucking, or jiving either. And I'm in Atlanta too, the gig I quit was a contract for the Atlanta Housing Authority. I was making like 7200/mo after taxes, and no I wasn't balling. Like I said, still had to budget, still didn't FEEL rich, and still had to deal with all the bullshyt I had to deal with when I was making 50k/yr. Granted I was putting away like 4500/mo for savings, but I still felt middle class. Compare that to a homeboy I got who's actually rich, this nikka will drop 7k on a watch and be like
Made me realize that unless I'm a millionaire, I really ain't doing shyt. Plus I need the freedom of working for myself. I don't like having to report to someone else. I'm a grown ass man, fukk I look like asking another nikka for time off