Hello all, I am coming down from infuriation today. I'm feeling pretty good, tho. A couple of days ago is another story. Now, I'm not one to complain about racism or anything, considering I'm biracial and am comfortable with my racial identity. But, every now and then, a mothafuck will say the wrong thing. Namely this dude at work, Brad. And I've mentioned this dude once or twice before, and I am slowly coming to the conclusiong that I really need to take this dude out back and smack the shizzle out of him. On monday, this dude referred to me as "boy". BOY! Who the hell calls another grown ass man, boy?? BOY? Now mind you, I do live in the south, but it's ATLANTA, not columbus, or rome. Sometimes I pride this city for being progressive, but every now and again a redneck slips out of the woodwork. This dude is from Alabama, so it should figure, but the whole thing has me vexed right now. My co-worker, who was also called boy by this dude, told me to take the shit up with personnel. Now, I don't particularly want this dude to get fired, even tho I can't stand his ass. So, on the one hand I've got my principles [which incidentally urges me to slap the shit out of him], I can't just let the whole thing slide. On the other hand, dude is young and naive and maybe he just needs an attitude adjustment. He may not be inherantly racist, but he's definetely has a social handicap when it comes to relating to people of different ethnic background than him. My thing is, would he even understand where I'm coming from? He's obviously done this before, so he might not even know it's wrong. And I know that some would think I'm jumping to conclusions with the whole "boy" thing, but it was the way he said it, which is why it came off the way it did to not only myself, but the other guy as well. Oh well, I've to think about how I should handle this. If anyone reads ths, feel free to interject. By all means. Should I talk to him about it, or take it to personnel?
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Hello all, I am coming down from infuriation today. I'm feeling pretty good, tho. A couple of days ago is another story. Now, I'm not one to complain about racism or anything, considering I'm biracial and am comfortable with my racial identity. But, every now and then, a mothafuck will say the wrong thing. Namely this dude at work, Brad. And I've mentioned this dude once or twice before, and I am slowly coming to the conclusiong that I really need to take this dude out back and smack the shizzle out of him. On monday, this dude referred to me as "boy". BOY! Who the hell calls another grown ass man, boy?? BOY? Now mind you, I do live in the south, but it's ATLANTA, not columbus, or rome. Sometimes I pride this city for being progressive, but every now and again a redneck slips out of the woodwork. This dude is from Alabama, so it should figure, but the whole thing has me vexed right now. My co-worker, who was also called boy by this dude, told me to take the shit up with personnel. Now, I don't particularly want this dude to get fired, even tho I can't stand his ass. So, on the one hand I've got my principles [which incidentally urges me to slap the shit out of him], I can't just let the whole thing slide. On the other hand, dude is young and naive and maybe he just needs an attitude adjustment. He may not be inherantly racist, but he's definetely has a social handicap when it comes to relating to people of different ethnic background than him. My thing is, would he even understand where I'm coming from? He's obviously done this before, so he might not even know it's wrong. And I know that some would think I'm jumping to conclusions with the whole "boy" thing, but it was the way he said it, which is why it came off the way it did to not only myself, but the other guy as well. Oh well, I've to think about how I should handle this. If anyone reads ths, feel free to interject. By all means. Should I talk to him about it, or take it to personnel?
And on another note, I hate windows. How the hell is the computer going to tell ME what the hell IT is going to do? I understand that automatic updates are neccessary, but since when did the computer decide that I HAVE to restart the damn computer? It usually asks whether to restart now, or later. Now it says it is GOING to restart. No choice. It's funny because it usually happens when I'm in the middle of something. Like typing a blog. Awesome, ain't it? I want a Mac. BAD. There are Mac mini's on the web for like $500, which is WAY cheaper than an iMac, and considering I already have a 20 LCD monitor and wireless keyboard and mouse, I'm thinking it could be a cost effective alternative. Because I'm sick of windows, seriously.
I'm hungry...
mmmm, chicken...
IPOD
RADIO
And...