This is a strange observation but... I am white and have noticed, at work, in retail and customer service, that the one clean cut African- American guy that works with me gets treated like **** by other African-Americans. The same customer would not talk to me that way... Why is this?? I have never seen anything like it. It happens on a daily basis...
2006-10-19 09:43:54 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
The best analogy I can give you is that of lobsters in a tank. If you put only one lobster in a lidless tank, it will escape. If you put two or more lobsters in the tank together, none will escape. When a lobster tries to escape, the others will pull him back down into the tank.
2006-10-19 09:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by Automation Wizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is such a thing. For example black people always say they stick up for each other and they are brothers but most upper class blacks with education and money don't want to be around lower class blacks. The best example is Jesse Jackson. He says he is for the poor blacks but notice when he had an affair with a woman and a child from the affair (a few years back) the woman was educated, not the average welfare ghetto mother with lots of kids.
2006-10-19 16:52:57 · answer #2 · answered by reallyfedup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see that all the time with Latinos too, there are so many reasons; 1. Jealousy; they think they should be there 2. Disrespect: they probably think he wont say anything so he wont lose his job. 3. Low esteem issues; ever noticed when someone does not like themselves they tend to take it out on someone else
2006-10-19 17:16:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It certainly isn't racism just because he's African-American, most likely they just dont like the poor guy, just because someone is a minority doesn't mean that when someone treats him poorly that they are being racist, for gods sake You people need to have a vocabulary lesson.
2006-10-19 16:47:43 · answer #4 · answered by asmith1022_2006 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know why it happens to your co-worker, but my godfather is Chinese and my whole life he has nothing good to say about Chinese people -- according to him they're really bad drivers (have to agree with him on that, and he's a terrible driver too but he doesn't see it), he says they're lazy, they make no effort to speak English, and on and on. But he seems to forget he immigrated from China and his English isn't that great. Lol!!
2006-10-19 16:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by le païen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's because they think that he is trying to be "white" because he is clean cut an well dressed.
2006-10-19 16:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by camus0281 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no clue. But there is this girl i know. she is white and she wont go out with white people, only black and mexicans. theres nothing wrong with blacks and mexicans, but its just awkward when she starts whining " i wanna be black!! " its realllly weird.
2006-10-19 20:44:37 · answer #7 · answered by Guacamole!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they're his family members!
2006-10-19 16:47:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not right. what a horrible world
2006-10-19 16:46:39 · answer #9 · answered by rumpel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋