Be Honest: A White Person Has Looked Out For You When You Really Needed It

[bugsy0911]

No. Is that what you wanted to hear?

 

[birdcallaveli]

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it took some time, but we found shaquitas number

 

[playmaker88]

Being "afro centric" doenst mean you hate white people.. its means exactly what it sounds like..

Conditioning.. has been conditioned

 

[Bussy_Getta]

hell yea, gramma use to lace me up wit cash all the time

 

[Colin$mackabi$h]

shock thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[robdaze151]

My buddy sam fixed my car up so I could sell it. There was like $1000 with of damage. I bought the parts and he fixed it for free. He's a real good friend, has cornered me for fights and helped me fix up my house no charge. And he's Italian and I typically can't stand Italians but I will empty a clip for buddy.

 

[The Prime Minister]

In the 21st century, white people come through for Blacks the way Tonto used to come through for them.

 

[ItsBboy!]

Storytime...

When I first graduated college and was looking for a job, my cousin put me on to a few of his business connections. Give four examples of how the people acted towards me.

Black connect #1: Mentioned I was looking for a job...he asked my cousin why he didn't put me on with his job. Then got his assistant to ask me some questions and she let me know they weren't hiring new people. Then he said, in consolation for me to give my resume to my cuz and he'll get at me. Never heard from him again.

White connect #1: HR Manager at a consulting firm, gave me her card and fast tracked me to an interview in less than 2 weeks.

White connect #2: SES level government person, gave me his card and pulled some strings and set me up an interview in his department less than a week after I met him. I'd found a job on my the same week they called for the interview

White connect #3: Congressional liaison on capitol hill, gave me her card, we exchanged a few emails and she looked for openings for a while. Went quiet for about a month,then she let me know she couldn't find anything but she'd keep looking. At least she got back.

Not to say we don't look out for eachother, but white folks in my experience don't seem to have a problem doing so either.

 

[dreadlock rasta]

A lil white girl held da door for me at da gas station dis one time, that count?

 

[The Prime Minister]

Storytime...

When I first graduated college and was looking for a job, my cousin put me on to a few of his business connections. Give four examples of how the people acted towards me.

Black connect #1: Mentioned I was looking for a job...he asked my cousin why he didn't put me on with his job. Then got his assistant to ask me some questions and she let me know they weren't hiring new people. Then he said, in consolation for me to give my resume to my cuz and he'll get at me. Never heard from him again.

White connect #1: HR Manager at a consulting firm, gave me her card and fast tracked me to an interview in less than 2 weeks.

White connect #2: SES level government person, gave me his card and pulled some strings and set me up an interview in his department less than a week after I met him. I'd found a job on my the same week they called for the interview

White connect #3: Congressional liaison on capitol hill, gave me her card, we exchanged a few emails and she looked for openings for a while. Went quiet for about a month,then she let me know she couldn't find anything but she'd keep looking. At least she got back.

Not to say we don't look out for eachother, but white folks in my experience don't seem to have a problem doing so either.

This pretty much summarizes the whole point of the thread. All you ever hear about is how you have to network, blah blah blah, bourgeois Negroe shit... Mix it up.

But in the adult world, in real life, niggas are useless.

It's not even like you have be on some coon shit, brown nosing or whatever. Just be yourself, be direct, and be professional.

The white man will acknowledge you.

 

[Dainty]

My uncle let me drive his car to Dallas when I didn't want to use mine. he's so nice.

 

[fiat_money]

I've been "helped" by whites. There's no "when no one else would" situation with me though, I always make sure to have backup plans for my backup plans' backup plans.

But yeh, whites, other races, men, women, old people, young people, etc, I'll manipulate them all if possible.

 

[Maalik]

Yea....my College English professor. He persuaded me to transfer to a larger school because of my writing. Applied to 9 schools & he wrote separate rec. letters for all of them. Offered guidance & help past what his job description called for. By far the best professor I had.

 

[CaliGuerillaBlazin]

i remember this one time in gr 7

me n my friend jerome went to buy candy from the 7/11

and we bought the same thang. and the black dude at the cashier charged me more than him.

true story.

LMAO. Jerome won at that moment.

 

[bull6599]

Yeah. 1 of my b-ball teammate's dad was a teacher @ my HS. He wrote me letter of recommendation for my college apps (to my top 2 choices) and for a scholarship that I applied for & received.

My dad is retired & runs a small landscaping biz. There is white lady who lives like 25 mins from here who he does work for & her son is the DA in the county where I had my car accident at a coupla years ago. He helped me get out of a ticket that woulda put points on my L's & raise my insurance premium.

I'm sure I have some that I'm forgetting but those are the top of my head.

 

[im_lux]

My mother passed away in 04. Had to take care of my younger brother which was 15 at the time. We moved back out to Atlanta I knew this white family since I was 13...I ended up getting locked up on an aggravated assault/concealed weapons charge. During that time they picked my brother up got him set up at their house helped him graduate. He wanted to join the Marines they went out of their way to get him ready for it. Offered a room in their house to me when I got out (didn't take it but it was offered). No one else I know not even Family offered to do what they did for me. Put my mind at ease about my lil brother while I was locked up.

A lot of black people have an "out for self" complex that they cannot shake. Granted black people have been through a lot but many of us forget that wherever we are now 9 times out of 10 someone helped us get there so why do you feel you're any more special than someone that is in the position you used to be?

DECENT white people tend to be much more forgiving and patient than a lot of black people. The majority grow up in different situations also though in communities/neighborhoods/churches that instill the idea that helping people is what needs to be done. Old school black families used to practice these ideas also but it seems it's been watered down with the coming of new generations and just about lost completely.

But then again white people that aren't decent are absolutely the most ruthless people in the world.

 

[glowy]

Hell the fuck no, and I'm not even afro-centric, or whatever that's called.

In fact, because of this thread I'm obligated to say fuck crackas.

Edit: nvm, I take that back. I forgot teachers in HS used to bump my grades all the time.

 

[Bussy_Getta]

My uncle let me drive his car to Dallas when I didn't want to use mine. he's so nice.

White family members the GOAT

 

[Jesus Jackson]

Years ago I was driving in a car that had expired license tags AND an expired trip permit... In FACT, the trip permit was so old that the ink had faded away and it pretty much looked like I had a blank piece of paper stuck on my back window... And to top it off, my passenger wasn't wearing his seatbelt. Sooooo, this White cop pulled us over and wouldja believe this dude let me off with just a warning... I mean, this cop was polite and kind and everything. True story. The nicest cop EVER!!

 

[Knives Amilli]

White folk stay helping me out