by James S » Nov 22, 2002 @ 5:16am
I'm not talking smack. I'm talking the truth. Sure there are exceptions, but my home town is the most segregated town in Florida, perhaps the United States. That's the way it is. I'm far from a bigot and hold no prejudice .... about skin color. I may be snobby, but I'm not a bigot and I try harder than most to not be a hypocrite. It's just the way things are in my hometown. But I do hold a prejudice against people that try to cheat their way through life or who won't work for money or who won't help themselves. I'm very strict about this type of thing. I don't give a guy a fish, I teach him how to fish. And if he won't learn then I say screw him he's not my problem anymore.
I enjoy my social and economic status. So what? My parents and grandparents worked how to get that status for me and I'm going to enjoy it. I'm not being snobby at the expense of others and I'm not stingey (sp?) about helping others and I'm not ungrateful and I don't ask for more: I'm content with what I have. And I don't degrade people for things they can't control. I do degrade them for things they can control but won't, because they can change their situation but they chose to sit around and whine. "God, I can't stand those people!"
Just because someone's of color and happens to be the stereotype doesn't mean I'm not going to say what needs to be said to them. Minorities complain ALL THE TIME about supposedly not having equal rights, but then they don't vote on the issues, they don't educate themselves, they don't get a job, they segregate themselves.
Don't tell me I'm a bigot or that I'm talking "smack" because that's far from the truth.
Oh, and TechMage, No one would try anything on me, I've got skills to do more than defend myself. You know those Steven Siegal movies? That's Aikido, and that's what I do.
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