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1StrongBlackMan

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23. You got that right ...

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 11:00 PM

Mar 2012

I can't count the number of times I've been confronted on elevators by the "helpful" new white guy that assumed I didn't belong ... even though I was more senior, in the company and in position, than the "helpful one." It's always funny to watch these "helpful ones" kowtow to my subordinates; but challenge me; until, of course, my subordinate introduces me as their boss ... and his boss, too.

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'This so-called post-racialism is a figment of our imagination.' [View all] Number23 Mar 2012 OP

In a truly post racial country Kalidurga Mar 2012 #1

Hear, hear!! nofurylike Mar 2012 #2

You ALWAYS blow me away!!! Number23 Mar 2012 #5

YES!! "willfully choosing to not recognize a very important way in which I see myself." nofurylike Mar 2012 #11

I'm so in agreement JustAnotherGen Mar 2012 #3

my recent interview in "post-racial" america noiretextatique Mar 2012 #4

Girl... Number23 Mar 2012 #7

Once ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2012 #9

Yuck Number23 Mar 2012 #10

sad, but true noiretextatique Mar 2012 #16

oh sis, do not get me started about THAT noiretextatique Mar 2012 #12

"finally being investigated by the EEOC" GO, girl!! Number23 Mar 2012 #13

i understand why your mom told you not to do it noiretextatique Mar 2012 #15

I absolutely agree. Number23 Mar 2012 #18

if i had known it would take this long, i would have opted for the right to sue vs. the EEOC noiretextatique Mar 2012 #19

The retaliation case ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2012 #22

Let me guess ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2012 #8

nope noiretextatique Mar 2012 #14

I think I posted on the old DU Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #21

good points... Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #20

I whole-heartedly agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2012 #6

elevators and grocery stores noiretextatique Mar 2012 #17

You got that right ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2012 #23

SAD Mr Dixon Apr 2012 #24

Good point, Mr. Dixon Number23 Apr 2012 #25