“Shockingly my mom’s friend largely agreed with his observation.”
I was a division manager in Memphis early 90’s.
“Black people time” is 100% true. Show up 10-20 minutes late in the morning and always come back late from lunch. The plant was huge. If I summoned a white guy from the other end he would be the rein 10 minutes maybe 15. Blacks figure 20 minutes to half hr. 100% truth.
IMHO about 50% of blacks worked hard, other 50% not so much.
To be fair I know plenty of white-trash types who are lazy as hell.