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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Black People in Public: Exploring Us in Detail

Is There a Problem with Blacks in Public



This is a series I have wanted to do for a long time. From time to time I have worked in a public situation, coming face to face with customers. I have heard every gruesome tale from both coworkers, other customers and management. The general consensus is that Blacks in public is a negative situation. In this series I will go situation by situation to explore whether there is a right side or wrong side of the equation. I will give my opinion all the way through.



Right, so let me detail what the situations are and in the following series I will research, debate and explore each circumstance. These will be:

  • Eating out
  • Retail shopping
  • Working in a restaurant as a Black person
  • Working as a retail salesperson
  • Owning a Black owned customer oriented business
  • Working in a customer service position
Eating out - I will explore the tremendous negative opinion everyone has about serving Black customers.

Retail shopping - I will explore the tremendous negative opinion everyone has about both being Black and going shopping and workers hating to approach Black customers.

Working in a restaurant as a Black person - I will explore the sheer and utter stupidity of the public in dealing with a Black waiter, host or bartender.

Working as a retail salesperson - I will explore the complete shameful behavior of the public dealing with a Black salesperson.

Owning a Black owned customer oriented business - I will explore how a Black business owner deals with the dastardly behavior of the public dealing with a Black owned business, whether they know or don't know that the owner is black or that the person they are talking to is the actual owner and not some mere salesperson.

Working in a customer service position - I will explore the awful experience Black workers face versus racist bosses, racists customers and a system geared to making sure Black workers are constantly fired and trying to build up a reputation in a customer service industry.

I would appreciate lots of input and comments from you, my readers. My research is quite thorough on each subject, so understand that I am speaking with actual numbers behind each of my topics, and not my opinion [in fact none of my blog is my pure opinion].

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