Posted on 09/09/2005 2:35:47 PM PDT by RWR8189
This title, and the comments of Larry Andrew in the first couple of paras, say volumes more about the culture of the undeclass in New Orleans than it does about anybody in the entire state of Utah.
Welcome to the 21st Century, Larry, you freakin' moron.
"his appearance with dreadlocks and a goatee still worked against him"
I don't care what color a guy is, his dreadlocks and goatee will always work against him. Yuck! He should shave his beard and cut his hair. People will then take him seriously. After he makes his first million he can grow all the hair he wants, but he probably won't want to then.
You'll be judged by your words and actions. How you are accepted will be up to you.
That won't play in Utah. Get the chip off and they'll be suprised how well they can get along in most red states.
Heck, there is the Utah Jazz with a number of black basketball players.
6'-10" Karl Malone tells the story of standing at the Salt Lake City airport one day when she heard an elderly white woman addressing him.
"Young man, young man", she called unaware who he was. "Will you pick up my bags?" She assumed because he was black and standing around an airport he must have been a baggage handler.
Malone, rather than making a scene, picked up the lady's bags and took them other to the check-in counter.
Uh. I'm "from there". Black-white interracial relationships, while not common, aren't rare. I don't see a big social ostracism attached to them.
My wife's Danish great-grandparents never liked your Swedish great-grandparents.
Don't ask me why. I never had a dog in that fight.
My take is all he wants to date is caucasian women.
Unless you are a student, an artist, live in NYC or Los Angeles, or work in Starbucks, this appearance will generally work against you. Same thing goes for my black sisters with the 'unique' hair styles and colors.
I have interviewed a number of younger black people for para-professional jobs. They tried to better themselves by getting a certificate or community college degree and yet never learned that if you want to play the game, you have to wear the uniform.
Well, sounds like you better not get your wife and me in the same room together or the long dormant Danish/Swedish Wars might FLARE UP AGAIN!
If I took you to any number of inner-city neighborhoods, there are people who would shoot me (a white guy) if they could. I know where your boyfriend's coming from.
We don't see people by their color out west - that's generally something practiced by people of color, not whites. Anymore, the only racists I know or read about are black.
Humidity difference? How about altitude: SLC altitude 4,266 ASL. I guess learning to breathe would be a good start.
Unfortunately that applies to all colors. Too much Britney Spears influence.
Yep. I was trying to make a point about this fellow, but the inability to recognize what is appropriate work dress crosses all color lines.
Utah will be a Nirvana then. Not only are most Utah women overwhelmingly Caucasian but their culture strongly encourages them to get married to a man, no less too!
How about Blue Skies and Stars instead of smog and haze? or CLEAR water. A couple who evacuated came through here and stayed in the campground.. interviewed in the paper one of the comments was about the lake -- couldn't belive the water was so clear you could actually see through it!!
"If I took you back to Mississippi, there are people who would hang me if they could. There are still places Blacks can't/won't go - because of the intense pressure."
And there are many black neighborhoods where whites cannot go in every big city of America (LA, Detroit, NYC) because they will be physically attacked by blacks who HATE whites. There may be some whites who would physically attack blacks in a few places, but not near as many places where blacks will attack whites. The south is not full of lynch mobs as everyone paints it.
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