A great comment on the previous entry "Learning to Work with Your Peoples" from Author Chaz Kyser. Check out Chaz's popular new book, Embracing the Real World, The Black Woman's Guide to Life After College.
Chaz writes...
Thank you for addressing such a touchy, but common issue among Black people. I too have often found that Black people don't give me the same level of service they would give a person of another color, or they don't give me the same respect. I have even experienced this with students. I think that part of the reason is that we often just feel "too comfortable" with other Black people--even those we don't know. We think we can say things we normally would not say to a person of another ethnic group because another Black person will "cut us more slack" or see us as "just keeping it real." I love the sometimes natural camaraderie that Black people often share, but it seems like that camaraderie should make one treat another Black person better than those of other ethnic groups, not worse.
See Chaz's featured column on Black Collegian online at http://www.black-collegian.com/career/kyser/kyser_work_life_0807.htm
Kim R. Wells
kwells@howard.edu
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