On Working with White People – Part One
It’s fucking disappointing reading all the comments here. Why is the majority consensus discounting this article because of some street vernacular? I’ve read comments before on HN stating that the majority of the HN commenters are white people, and I’ve discounted those comments. But man. Seems like it’s true. Ya’ll getting uncomfortable with some street vernacular and invalidating the author’s perspective.<p>The dude grew up in a poverty-stricken black community dealing with white communities, so of course he’s going to have street vernacular in his writing. Of course he’s going to write about his perspective of culture shock and interacting with white people. He grew up dealing with that shit. It just all makes sense. Dude’s article is true to his character and upbringing. Nothing surprising but some street talk. Ya’ll failing to understand black culture here when ya’ll discounting his article because of a reference to Drake or some street talk. The fuck.<p>If ya’ll just get over that uncomfortableness, ya’ll can actually see a new perspective. “Wow. I’ve never seen ‘uncomfortable’ being used like that. Next time when I hear someone say they’re uncomfortable, I’ll dig deeper and ask what specifically makes them uncomfortable.”<p>TLDR: majority of HN commenters are people who might be white that fail to become aware of social issues from a black person’s perspective because dude used some street vernacular.