u/Intrepid_Skin5683

I spoke to one of my friends earlier today and we were talking and he told me that at his workplace, a lot of blacks don't like him and that a lot of people look at him funny because he is educated and he carries himself in a high-fashion way. However, there are other people there that are just ruthless and reckless and truly uneducated and ignorant, and he was saying that they are mad at him because he is educated and speaks very properly. He hasn’t been to jail/prison, doesn't have any baby mothers, and doesn’t do drugs etc…. I guess they’re mad at him because he doesn’t fit the stereotype.

NOTE: There is a quote from one of my mentors and it goes by “the biggest fear of a black man is for him to become a nigga and the biggest fear of a nigga is to become a black man- Joshua D.R. Smith

I want to hear it

I was at work and my alarm went off for me to go into work when I was in a parking lot and it was 7:55 and what time I walked to the back of my truck to put my shoes on and head to clock in it was already 7:57 and it literally took me 30 seconds or less than a minute to put my shoes on and clock in.

The last job that I was in. i put my 2 weeks' notice in and they fired me that day.

I have a 1982 Chevy Silverado that I inherit for my grandfather, and it is currently in the shop with a mechanic. It has been sitting there roughly going on a year and there’s a lot of complications with the mechanic with his health, and his lack of help. The mechanic that is working on my truck is in Douglasville and what’s fixed. I would like to have it fixed by someone in the Duluth area.

I'll try to keep this short and sweet, but I am an only child of my mom and dad. They are both separated and divorced. My mom has a daughter who is 10 years older than me, and my dad has two other sons who are older, along with an older daughter. I’m 29, and my dad lives in Seattle, Washington, while I live in Atlanta, Georgia. My mother also lives in Atlanta. My dad keeps hinting and suggesting I should move up there with my wife because of “all of the opportunity and freedom here.” Dad wants me to move up there because he misses me, has a girlfriend up there that he lives with, so he's fine. When I visited him in Seattle, I found it dangerous because of all the accessible drugs and addicts, and it is the real wild West. When my mother had her boyfriend, she didn’t want to be bothered with me, and when I asked her to hang out, she always said she was busy with the other guy, though she made time for him and my sister.

My father spoils his older kids, and if they ask for anything, he gives it to them. But for me, I have to work for what I want or need. Growing up, he always gave my older brothers, sister, and cousins money. When I asked him for money, he always said no and told me to ask my mom.

My mother has my older sister, who is 10 years older than me. My sister seems to be able to do no wrong. For example, she destroys every car my mother gives her, yet each time, my mother buys her a new one. The same goes for my grandmother—she does the same to her and gives her whatever she needs. But I had to work to get what I want. Still, if my mother sees me struggling, she’ll help. My sister basically made my mother look like an unfit parent a couple of years ago. She was living in my grandfather‘s truck for months, and when my grandfather got really sick, my sister just took over and took his truck. My mother said she let her keep the truck because my grandfather didn’t leave anything for her. That’s because my sister didn’t care or want to do anything with my grandfather, even though he was very supportive of her. Also, my sister hasn’t wished my mother or grandmother a happy Mother’s Day or birthday in over two years. When I had to work and couldn’t give her a Mother’s Day present, she got upset with me for being a day late.

Generally, my mother doesn’t like that I’m married because I am her baby, and now she doesn’t have anyone to hang out with or be with since her and her boyfriend broke up. Growing up, we spent most of our lives together. When I am at home resting or have plans, my mother wants me to come over to cut the grass or do other household chores like moving furniture. But I don’t live there, so I don’t see a need to do that. I am married and have my own family, and I tell her that, but she doesn’t listen—it just goes in one ear and out the other. My parents are separated, and both try to turn me against each other. My dad often says that my mother doesn’t want me to be happy and wants me to depend on her, and that she does more for my older sister than for me. That’s true. Then my mother says my father would do more for his kids than for me. Both have done a lot for me, but there have been times they mistreated me—my father physically when I was younger, and both have hurt me mentally at times.

Now I’m 29, and my dad lives in Seattle, Washington, while I live in Atlanta, Georgia. My mother also lives in Atlanta. My dad keeps hinting and suggesting I move up there where her dad is because he says he misses me and there are better opportunities. Every time I talk to my dad on the phone, there’s always a debate, because he tries to control my life and my mother’s as well. But when I visit him in Seattle, I find it dangerous because of all the accessible drugs. Every time I talk to my dad, it’s the same—he’s trying to control everything.

I’m doing my best to be a good son, even though I am the youngest and the most responsible. My other siblings honestly want to put my parents in a nursing home, and I do not want that to happen.