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Related: About this forumI was reading another thread ...
where a poster related a story where her car broke down in a predominately Black neighborhood and she went into a bar to use the phone. She related that when she went outside to wait for her father, 3 Black guys followed her out and (without saying anything0 stood guard until her father arrived. (One of the guys was her father's foreman.)
The thought(s) came to my mind:
1) I wonder if her father would have recognized the foreman's child?
(I know that I/we always seem to know more about them, than they do about us.)
2) I wonder if the father had recognized her as his foreman's daughter, would he have got a couple of his buddies to stand guard over her?
(I know I/we always seem to be more protective of them, than they of us.)
Not wanting to start anything ... I posted to here instead of there.
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Heather MC
(8,084 posts)and one thing I can tell you is. there is real community living in ghetto. I could always go to someone's house and food or drink. we all looked out for each other. and it was rare that we didn't know who lived in all the houses. now I live I a predominantly white neighborhood and I barely know the people who live across the hall. let alone the people across the street.
Ghetto living everybody struggles together it didn't seem ghetto when I lived there. We were a real community.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)In my 51 years, I have spent a considerable amount of time in bars (working or as a patron) in the many cities that I have lived. I've spent time in "white" bars and "Black" bars, up-scale and dives.
One observation that I've taken away is:
If a white woman walks into a Black bar, she will be the center of attention ... seemingly, every guy will try and pick her up. But, they're trying to get their Mack on, so generally, they're not abusive and rarely do they get physical.
If a white guy walks into a Black bar, he will be noticed by the crowd; but generally, no one will mess with him (he's probably a cop) ... unless or until he starts acting like a jerk. But if he slips, someone will try and take advantage of his slippage ... just like they would, anyone that slipped up in a bar.
But if a Black person (male or female) walks into a white bar, they are more likely than not going to get messed with.