2 true stories:
We lived in a suburb outside of Chicago when I was 9-10 yrs old. My dad owned several businesses that found people jobs – for a fee. Obvs, this is all pre-internet. #old
He had ins with local businesses, got listings, found people jobs. A lot of them. It’s actually a good thing.
He had an office on the south side of Chicago. This is and was a bad area. Not safe. Not safe for white people. Let’s face it – not safe for any people.
One day – a black man who did indeed find a job using my dad’s service, came in and said he should get a refund because it only took 1 day. My dad said no – that’s not how it worked.
That black man put a gun to my father’s head and said refund or he was dead.
My dad told him where the cash box was. The guy took all the cash – so not just his “refund” and left.
Criminal piece of shit.
Story 2:
My dad and another (white) guy who worked with him were driving to the same office on the south side of Chicago and were pulled over by 2 cops. 1 black and 1 white.
They told them to get out of the car – made them get on their knees on the side of the road while their guns were drawn.
They got their IDs, my dad proved he owned a business locally and were let go. The cops said – the only white people that come here are the ones that buy drugs or who came to look for trouble. So told them to leave.
My father helped a lot of black people find jobs. Yet he still had life threatened and could have died because of an asshole thieving black guy.
He also had his life threatened by cops and could have been shot by some trigger-happy cops BECAUSE HE WAS WHITE.
So fuck off with your white privilege.
Fuck off with your white guilt.
There are good people. There are bad people. Whether they are cops, doctors, grocery store clerks. Whether they are white, black, brown, yellow, purple with orange polka dots. Who knows. Fuck off with your racism. Fuck off with your systemic racism. Fuck off with your honoring fn criminals with murals with FUCKING ANGEL WINGS.
Just fuck off.
