Ash UK/US

Brief info... OK at work the other night a woman comes in to the store does not get her own way and complains to my manager about me (and threatens to report me to corporate too) I followed company policy and did nothing wrong... she immediately claimed I was racist and would not have treat her that way if she was white.

My question is do you think black people in the US have a much bigger chip on their shoulders than those in the UK? and is it time they let the past be... I know they have had it rough in the USA but thats not my doing.

I should also add (before I get flamed) I do not think I am racist at all and the only thing I have against coloured/black people or whatever the PC term is (and this lady was a classic example) is when something does not go their way it is because they are black.

end rant

Ash

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Ash
I have PM'd you!
Rachel

CalgaryAMC

In the US, everything is about race. Everything. It is all-pervading and inescapable.

tony_2003

Pretty much. I think the race card is used more frequently over here...along with the gay/jew etc...people here are pretty whiny on the whole imo.

fatbrit

Wouldn't let it worry you. If I were the manager and you hadn't had the racist card pulled at you at least 4 times/year, you've been spending to long in the rest room and I would be whipping your butt to get you out on the floor again!

ironporer

Yes. It is probably the largest single thing that holds them back IMO. Those blacks I know who don't have a chip on their shoulder and believe that they can attain whatever sucess they themselves are capable of...usually become much more sucessfull than those who always piss and moan about how they're being screwed by 'the man" or the system.

Manc

I think most people over here have some sort of "my ancestors were shafted in the past" chip on their shoulders.

I mean the Irish, for pete's sake............. sorry there were no spuds for awhile, but you could have still eaten lasagne.

Dan725

Yes they do seem to have a massive chip on their shoulders over here, however, I think they are doing their best to catch up in the UK. Especially with that stupid pretend limp attitude problem a lot of those folk seem to have, whats that all about! Pathetic.

Patrick

I ain't touchin' this one with a barge pole!!!!! Run people run!

Yosser

When I lived in Blighty we couldn't use the word "black"....you had to say "coloured folk". so calling blacks....black was a bit of a eye opener!

Yes they have a chip on there shoulder, 2 times now when I have driven on the road to be cut up by a black women, I honked the horn only too have them flip me off and then search around in the glove compartment I persume for a hand gun? hilarious.

Last week I went into Bank One, Wells Fargo had withdrawn my wifes car payment from the wrong account (mine not my wifes) The Bank One in North Garland had a black women manager who came over to us, stood there with her hands on her hips, done the old "i'm gonna shaft you and not do anything look" and done exactly that "nothing I can do she said", We spent 20 minutes arguing with her.

Drove over to Mesquite Bank One, explained the situation to a white women bank manager got the matter sorted out in 5 minutes.

dunroving

I read an article a while back about how America is turning from the "Land of the Free" into the "Land of the Easily Offended". Very compelling argument, including a discussion of how misfortune is always interpreted as being the fault of someone else.

Specifically on the race issue, I think there is a noisy minority who attract attention, but most African Americans I've met don't fit the description. I've spent most of my time here in the South and have rarely seen the race card played (with, however, some notable exceptions - I've been accused of being racist before, for failing certain students in my classes). When that kind of thing does happen, it's quite a shock I must say.

Rete

It is not a chip, IMHO. It is a matter of knowing which are the right buttons to push in order to come out on top. Some call it playing the race card.

tony_2003

I'm not seeing your point. I've met an equal amount of arsehole white people as well...

adeshell

I have noticed that if any Black (or for that matter any minority) person is obnoxious or rude and you take a dislike to them because they are mean-spirited, they you immediately become a 'rascist', 'homophobe' or whatever. I mean, there are obnoxious people of all races and genders, but it seems like if you are in a minority then it gives you a licence to be obnoxious and the whole world is 'wrong' if they disagree with you.

Ray

I believe its all caused by the Ultra right wing of the Methodists...