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In reply to the discussion: White DUers: Tell Your Stories [View all]LeftInTX
(24,542 posts)When I was going to college in lily-white Oshkosh, Wisconsin, we attended an inner-city retreat in Chicago. We stayed in a church in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood, but we took the bus to Jesse Jackson's church. At first the bus was mixed ethnicity. But the people on the bus and the people on the sidewalk got blacker and blacker until we were the only wypipo around for miles. When we were at Jesse Jackson's church, he starred at us.
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I've only had one real negative experience with a black person. When I was working, I had a black secretary who didn't come to work. If I tried to do anything about it, she would file an EEOC complaint. She showed up on average only 3 days a week. Towards the end, she would show up only 2 days a week. Sometimes, she would not show up for an entire week or two. She offered no excuse for her absences. I had to do her work and my work. I worked for a super-dysfunctional company and they wanted to get rid of me, so I think that is why they tolerated her behavior. (I would not be surprised if they encouraged her behavior) I quit that job.