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Why do some African Americans bring large groups of people with them when they are angry at you? For example, my sister had to fire a young African-American woman because of performance issues (doing her nails, talking on the phone or reading magazines rather than waiting on customers). When she left the building that night, she was confronted by a large group of the young woman’s friends and family, who made threats that included following my sister home and killing her children, which did not improve the chances of the young woman getting her job back. Is this class, culture or age-related? I see it a lot, but am not sure what the defining thread would be.
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Name : David, City : Tacoma, State : WA, Country : United States,I’m black and have never noticed this kind of thing. I don’t know any black people who do this. This woman is a lone female who obviously has issues of her own, and it has nothing to do with my race as a whole.
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Name : Whitney, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 25, City : Tunica, State : MS, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,What you experienced has to do with socially low-class people. I don’t know if other races do things like that, but I know that growing up, if a ‘low-class’ kid thought you did something to him, he was going to ‘Get his brother (and everybody else) and kill your whole family.’
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Name : Nathan20146, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Age : 40, City : Seattle, State : WA, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,It’s probably a lower class thing. I saw a black girl accost an Hispanic women on the train and her and her friend were swinging at the women and telling her they were going to take their knives out and kill her kids. It was a pretty disgusting display. Also, black women in general seem to like drama. In my neighborhood, black women always travel in packs and their loud voices can be heard making a fuss in every store, and on every street. At one of my jobs, the manager had to fire a black girl (she was the laziest person i’d ever worked with) and when the manager left, she was waiting outside. Your sisters experience is not uncommon. For the most parts whites tolerate it because they’d rather not deal with the consquences of lawsuits etc. They’re rather just have peaceful day.
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Name : Jay31337, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States,I also have witnessed this. I was at the pool hall a couple of months ago when a black player welched on a large wager. An arguement ensued, the black man became very loud and abusive and was asked to leave the establishment by the management. He got on his cell phone and was overheard saying ‘Bring thirty of ’em, we gonna bust this place up, I’ll be in the parking lot.’ Management considered this a serious threat and for the only time I can ever remember, closed the ‘open 24-7’ pool hall. The idiot ruined it for EVERYONE. There were indeed a few carloads that showed up, and left just as quickly when they spotted the police.
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Name : Joel, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 42, City : Cincinnati, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : electronics tech, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Middle class,I agree with the other person who responded that it is a class issue, not a race issue. Most poor people feel that they are poor because they have been held back or passed over or that they are all bound in the same unfortunate struggle together with no hope of getting out. When agressed upon or angered, they often feel there is strength (and justification) in numbers and violent confrontation. The notion that the threats are, under the law, assault – rarely crosses their mind. What they are doing is mere survival and righting a wrong. Usually other means of appeal or confrontation are either not known, or have been tried and failed (and in their mind because the cards were stacked against them in the first place.) This is my opinion based on growing up in a poor ‘caste.’ It is not ‘right’ but it they way many poor feel.
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Name : C19199, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 30's, City : New Orleans, State : LA, Country : United States, Social class : Lower middle class,This isn’t a racial issue. While managing editor of a small-town newspaper I got this kind of thing all time (every time somebody’s cousin’s best-friend’s ex got thrown in jail, for instance). Like someone above said, it’s a class issue. And, perhaps people who fail at jobs/life on their own feel they need the backing of their ‘crew,’ as they can never seem to win alone. Anyway, I’ve seen lots and lots of poor whites bring in cousins from the hills and their ‘hillbilly mafia’ when someone ‘wrongs their kin.’ By the way, having grown up with these people I feel no remorse for making fun of them. Not all whites are trash and not all blacks are bums, but some of every group deserve the term ‘moron.’
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Name : Brian23025, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 28, City : Peru, State : IN, Country : United States, Occupation : management, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I don’t think it’s a cultural thing. Remember how members of the Klan would gather together to petrofy some innocent black family? Maybe if comes from the school of thought that there’s strenth in numbers.
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Name : MsJacquelle20368, City : Louisville, State : KY, Country : United States,What is up with white people thinking that the behavior of an individual black or a group of blacks has to have some sort of cultural aspect. It seems obvious to me that your sister was dealing with a hostile and potentially violent disgruntle employee. Is it a cultural thing when white disgruntle workers shoot up the office building where they work at?
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Name : Ashley-B23481, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 22, City : Lansing, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower class,
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