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Old Nov 13, 2012, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by LolaCabanna View Post
in the south you nod a bunch, with wide eyes and a smile on your face... say things like bless your heart and im happy for you... in your head say whatever...
Yeah, that kinda works, but realize that 80% of my employees will be African-American. It's a tough crowd...even though one of my coworkers (who I used to supervise) told me after a staff meeting 3-4 years ago in which I was took to task by an employee for saying "black"..."It's okay. *Staff member* is too sensitive. You know you're black anyway."

I went home with that. I told H I was black, to which he immediately quipped, "Albino, obviously."
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