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Yeah, it happens somewhat with me too. I talk to them but I don't be all up on 'em kissin' booty like so many Blacks in my business do (I'm tellin' ya', most Blacks in the NYC construction-trade be tommin' like m.f., and that includes alot of the fronting-ass Muslims and Hebrew Israelites . . . and don't let me get started on the dread-lock wearin' Rastas). I don't laugh at their jokes when those sh*ts are corny or stupid. I don't be afraid to state my opinion on something when one of them bring up something that I feel is incorrect or just outright stupid. Although I'm respectful, I'll immediately put anyone of them in check the minute they get out of line with me (don't care who it is).
And check it, it really trips me out how, when I get in a huddle with Brothers and Sisters on the job; especially the very few who don't kiss their ass either, there are those Whites who're always peeking, looking and sometimes walking by real slow trying to pick up on what we're talking about. A couple of times I just came out and yelled on them, "HEY GET THE F*** OUTTA HERE", and don't give a f*** who don't like it.
Anyway, yeah, those are a few of the ways Whites try to get you under their control. You wanna know something else, there's sort of like an unwritten rule among many Blacks where if many or if certain Whites on the job don't care for you, many Blacks will start to automatically distance themselves from just on the basis that the Whites, or certain Whites, don't care for you. No b***s***, that's how it is in construction here. That's why usually chill with my ipod by myself at lunch-time and go home by myself.
You wanna know something though, the ones who always try to get you to validate yourself through them I find are the real racist lowlifes. The ones who don't bother you with those b***s*** games (a "you do your fare share of work, just be respectful and don't bother them, they'll do the same for you" attitude) are the cool ones. I call them the, "live and let live Whites".
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