I do like Black People!!

I was in Atlanta this weekend. This is probably the third time that I've been out there; however, I am always amazed at how many black people are there. During my first visit...I didn't really notice it too much because I was doing a lot of the tourist things. But this time around I ran into a lot of the locals. It was just kind of amazing to see black people everywhere. I'm from California. A place where all shades of people are just everywhere. So I am not used to just being around people like myself. Even at the restaurants...the hostess, waitress/waiter, busters, cooks...were all black!! My boyfriends says that most of his working building (Fulton County Health Department) is black.

I sat and envisioned a place like that. How would it be to work around nothing but black people? Some people are more comfortable when they are around people of there same ethnic background. I can agree to this. I do enjoy being around people like me; however, I do not have to be around people like me all the time. My mom has a motto...she says that there all kinds of black people...and for those that she care not to be around...she states "We weren't from the same tribe"...lol...I find it hilarious...but slightly true. I hate it when people just like to be around black people because we are the same color. What about it we don't like the same things? Or we don't eat the same food? And we all know that I love to eat. I hate it when I am eating some Stemmed Bok Choy with Jasmine Rice and I have to hear some of my people say "You always eating white people food" what the f*Ck!! I didn't know that I had to be a certain color to eat certain kinds of things.

All I'm saying is I LOVE BLACK PEOPLE, but not all of them!!

Don't shoot the messenger!!

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