tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1315039642515540347.post7448602905920359342..comments2023-10-09T06:05:19.281-07:00Comments on Thoughts for Thinkers: Carolina Culture ShockJames Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326304280459250698noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1315039642515540347.post-802034168644594882009-05-29T20:27:47.345-07:002009-05-29T20:27:47.345-07:00Wow, I don't know what to say. I don't think I cou...Wow, I don't know what to say. I don't think I could tolerate that type of environment for long.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13394569361252996463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1315039642515540347.post-77994015367209693262009-02-06T14:29:00.000-08:002009-02-06T14:29:00.000-08:00Bravo Rita,Don't let the hatred of others cause yo...Bravo Rita,<BR/>Don't let the hatred of others cause you to become hardened though. I know your christian heart is forgiveness. in the end when you re in front of Christ, it's YOUR heart not his that Jesus will look at. Let him worry about his speck in his eye and you serch your own heart sweety. YOU ARE LOVE!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1315039642515540347.post-12874025779195755022008-12-02T00:15:00.000-08:002008-12-02T00:15:00.000-08:00I am in no way about to defend the white southern ...I am in no way about to defend the white southern racist, just defending the white Yankees who move down here and have to put up with reverse discrimination.<BR/><BR/>So, on the other side of your coin, there is just as much discrimination from the black folks that live here in SC. <BR/> Their world may be progressing a little, but many still hold onto their hatred of the whites that have been passed down the generations. <BR/><BR/> Before moving down from Detroit myself, as a white woman, I had never experienced discrimination, until working in a hospital here in Columbia, SC. As a black male co-worker looked me up and down, only to say "you must be another rich white girl." I explained to him that I grew up being a poor farmers grand daughter, who has been on her own since 17, never asked for help or received any, and managed to get a college degree, on my own, and I have earned everything I have, by myself.<BR/><BR/> He let off me for awhile, and then had the audacity to tell me that I "would never let a guy that looked like him in my neighborhood" I kindly told him of my black pastor at a multi racial church,(Detroit World Outreach) how I was baptized by a black couple, and my pre-marital counselors were black.....yeah, he responded with "you only went there to tick off your mama and daddy", and then continued to say that "you probably think that pastor was stealing money" This guy later made comments about "white people being stupid and racist, and that's why they won't vote for Obama" <BR/><BR/>In a way, this experience has helped put into perspective, what victims of racism go through, but my family has no roots in that part of history, and I happen to believe that heaven isn't going to be all white. I don't deserve to receive those kind of comments. <BR/><BR/>This experience, along with other episodes of reverse discrimination I see on a day to day basis where I work, has sadly given me a bitterness in my heart that I had never before experienced. And despite the weather and economy, I would gladly move back to Detroit.<BR/><BR/> If I had made those comments to him, I would be classified as a racist, and he could get the NAACP after my employer for not firing me. <BR/>He still has his job, and if there were any repercussions from him, he was to be fired. Guess what, there were, he blamed the wrong person, gave her a hard time, and she did nothing.... because southern ladies I have found cry about their issues, but won't stick up for themselves....so she denied it when asked, (not wanting to get involved) but she will still sit in her office and complain about the guy, because she has felt his racist wrath before as well. So, this guy still has his job, and me the victim of racism, is taking it in the rear at work for doing the right thing and sticking up for herself....yeah, I am not making very many friends here....guess I am supposed to just cry about my problems instead of try to fix them to you know, fit in with the southern ladies........WRONG!<BR/><BR/>I see the oppression and discrimination from the white folks here. But why give a good hearted, hard working white girl crap for not being a part of it? Perhaps it angered him that I was not discriminative, and he was, and he just can't imagine a world where white people aren't all racist...because then he would no longer have an excuse for his anger and hatred.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973706003898274165noreply@blogger.com