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<blockquote data-quote="superballs63" data-source="post: 1552384" data-attributes="member: 17658"><p>I Appreciate your first statement. Too many people on this forum (including several mods) have blatantly called me racist, and it's getting VERY old.</p><p></p><p>I'll open up ONCE about this, and then I won't re-visit it again.</p><p></p><p>I actually grew up in a suburban area, About 10 miles from Washington D.C. I was born on Andrews Air Force Base while my dad was in the service. Growing up I fit in better with black kids around my neighborhood. My best friend was a black kid and we were at each others houses all the time. When I was 12 we moved to a much more rural area which was culture shock for me and my siblings. We all listened to rap and were VERY much out of place in farm country. </p><p>Being in a public High School which had at max 10 black students, you saw racist A-holes everyday. My group of friends were like me, we listened to rap, wore more baggy pants, and thought all those hillbillies were dumb and uneducated. When I was about 20 I started working at an auto body shop, where my boss was a HUGE racist and I would tell him I had no issue with black people, and he would roll his eyes when I'd crank up some rap as I would leave everyday. 10 years ago I would have NEVER uttered the N word, I would even refuse to sing it when I was singing along with my favorite rap songs. Fast forward to my driving career at UPS.</p><p>I ran some of the most "hood" routes in my center, and after being in those areas for years, it changed me. You start to see all these stereotypes (7 Series BMW's in front of an apartment complex where the section 8 subsidized rent is less than $200/month) People being murdered in cul-de-sac's, teens smoking pot in apartment stairwells in broad daylight. To be honest, that's when it started to get to me, and over the years I see more and more of it, and it ticks me off. Delivering to a major mall and seeing black guys acting like total schmucks (white kids did it too, but not as often), stealing, gathering in huge groups at the entrance/exit of an escalator and mean mugging people when they'd try to get ON/OFF because these guys wanted to hang out. Black women dragging their kids down the escalators all the while the kids are SHRIEKING. </p><p></p><p>The Ferguson stuff and stories like that don't help. But that's a conversation for a different thread. </p><p></p><p>I have MANY friends at UPS who are black, my neighbor is black , and he's got a key and the garage code to my house. If I were such a huge racist, I don't think I'd give a black guy the keys to my house where my wife and daughter are when I'm not home. </p><p></p><p>Is there a cycle of black kids being raised in these neighborhoods where crime and violence are kind of the way of life? Yes.</p><p></p><p>Is it easier to just roll with it and follow then to try to rise up and break out? Yes, I'll agree. </p><p></p><p>But the whole "Woe is me" card that a lot of poor people (Black and white) play is crap. </p><p></p><p>You won't have any desire to go out and get a job if money is being given to you. I'd rather give money to young poor people who are working and in school, to provide THEM with housing that would help them break that cycle. That's a better investment than just giving money to people </p><p>to buy food.</p><p></p><p>End of Chapter 1. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="superballs63, post: 1552384, member: 17658"] I Appreciate your first statement. Too many people on this forum (including several mods) have blatantly called me racist, and it's getting VERY old. I'll open up ONCE about this, and then I won't re-visit it again. I actually grew up in a suburban area, About 10 miles from Washington D.C. I was born on Andrews Air Force Base while my dad was in the service. Growing up I fit in better with black kids around my neighborhood. My best friend was a black kid and we were at each others houses all the time. When I was 12 we moved to a much more rural area which was culture shock for me and my siblings. We all listened to rap and were VERY much out of place in farm country. Being in a public High School which had at max 10 black students, you saw racist A-holes everyday. My group of friends were like me, we listened to rap, wore more baggy pants, and thought all those hillbillies were dumb and uneducated. When I was about 20 I started working at an auto body shop, where my boss was a HUGE racist and I would tell him I had no issue with black people, and he would roll his eyes when I'd crank up some rap as I would leave everyday. 10 years ago I would have NEVER uttered the N word, I would even refuse to sing it when I was singing along with my favorite rap songs. Fast forward to my driving career at UPS. I ran some of the most "hood" routes in my center, and after being in those areas for years, it changed me. You start to see all these stereotypes (7 Series BMW's in front of an apartment complex where the section 8 subsidized rent is less than $200/month) People being murdered in cul-de-sac's, teens smoking pot in apartment stairwells in broad daylight. To be honest, that's when it started to get to me, and over the years I see more and more of it, and it ticks me off. Delivering to a major mall and seeing black guys acting like total schmucks (white kids did it too, but not as often), stealing, gathering in huge groups at the entrance/exit of an escalator and mean mugging people when they'd try to get ON/OFF because these guys wanted to hang out. Black women dragging their kids down the escalators all the while the kids are SHRIEKING. The Ferguson stuff and stories like that don't help. But that's a conversation for a different thread. I have MANY friends at UPS who are black, my neighbor is black , and he's got a key and the garage code to my house. If I were such a huge racist, I don't think I'd give a black guy the keys to my house where my wife and daughter are when I'm not home. Is there a cycle of black kids being raised in these neighborhoods where crime and violence are kind of the way of life? Yes. Is it easier to just roll with it and follow then to try to rise up and break out? Yes, I'll agree. But the whole "Woe is me" card that a lot of poor people (Black and white) play is crap. You won't have any desire to go out and get a job if money is being given to you. I'd rather give money to young poor people who are working and in school, to provide THEM with housing that would help them break that cycle. That's a better investment than just giving money to people to buy food. End of Chapter 1. lol [/QUOTE]
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