Originally posted by mattskramer
I try to keep a positive attitude and expect good from all people (even Blacks). Though societal expectation does have an influence, it is ultimately up to the individual to act as he should.
I live in central Texas between Dallas and San Antonio.
I'll admit matts, that I didn't know SQUAT about blacks until I joined the Air Force. There I got my first impressions of what black people were like. Let me quickly make a few long stories short...
I had kind of made friends with this one black guy in basic training. We went to the same base for tech training. Neither of us really knew many people, so he invited me to go to this party. It was in a motel room. When we got there, it was all blacks. There was one of them standing on the dresser screaming and talking when we walked in the door. It got real quite when they saw me, the white guy. They asked the black guy I had come with why the hell he had invited a white guy. He said "I don't know", and then they all said... "WHITEY GOTTA LEAVE". Now I have NEVER KNOWN any whites in my life have any kind of a gathering where ANYONE, ANY COLOR, wouldn't have been welcome. Blacks are the only ones in my life that I have seen do that. Can you say RACIST?
Second, when we'd have weekend standby in the Air Force, there wouldn't be a large number of people there, only a skelton crew. If one of the shops came down with a big job at the last minute like an engine change or something, the BLACKS would PISS AND MOAN, BELLYACHE, and give this HUGE SONG AND DANCE about why they shouldn't have to help, when everybody knew, the quicker we got it done, they quicker everyone could go home, but they ALWAYS whinned about it not being their job and NOT wanting to help. UNLESS, it was something to do with THEM, and then they wanted EVERYBODY to JUMP TO, TO HELP THEM. Yeah boy... now THEY needed help, and they expected you to help! They have short memories when it comes to whether or not they helped you.
Third, I went to rent an apartment off base in Las Vegas. The manager had told me, "well I have one that recently came open, but we haven't been in to clean it yet", and asked if I'd like to see anyway. I said "sure, how bad could it be, when I leave an apartment, I clean it". So I met her and we went to the apartment. When she opened the door, the smell about knocked her over backwards into me. We both caustiously entered the apartment stepping around all the trash on the floor. There was a greasy little pathway through the apartment through the trash, that had been heaped against the walls. Everything under the sun. Old food cans, frozen dinner boxes, lots of Kentucky Fried Chicken containers, paper towels, pop cans, you name it. It also looked as if they walked through the apartment with a hand on the wall continously, around every corner, and the "white" curtains next to the front door had served as a hand wipe for greasy, dirty hands before they left. The doors were all hanging off the hinges, screens ripped, drains plugged. The place was a filthy shambles. They lady remarked she had never seen one that bad in her life, but that the occupants that had left were "black", and that it didn't surprize her. She said "blacks" always seem to leave the apartments filthy.
I have more stories about my experiences with blacks, the majority are bad. Of course I've met some blacks that are nice, but the bad FAAAAAR outweighs the good. It's a distinct pattern. That's why "I" feel the way I do about blacks today.
