Oh I wont
Oh I wont
So I'm pretty sure many of you don't know this but I live in a primarily African American neighborhood(one of the reasons I am trying to buy a house in a better area. The biggest thing I found with this family after making sure the situation was safe. Was they have a group loyalty to friends and family that is rarely found in other communities I have seen. I saw a hard working father that cared about his kids, and his two friends that were essentially dead beat dads.
Here is the story.
I walked out my front door to smoke a cigarette and saw my neighbor to the left struggling to change a headlight on an 09 impala. I happened to know how to change this cars head light. So I just changed it for them. They really appreciated it clearly. My neighbor then told me about some problems he was having with his car and he thought it was a transmission problem, he asked if I would test drive it for him so I did and long story short we ended up at the autoparts store and I scanned his car for him. Found a few broken sensors. So he ask if he could buy me a beer. I accepted.
I allowed me kids to go out to the playground with the neighborhood kids for probably the first time un supervised. At least in a way where I wasn't 10 feet away I was 40 feet away. All the 12 girls all black except my 2 girls played together well and their was only 1 fight about a marker. Resolved easily.
They invited me and my family for dinner. I bought a 12 pack of shitty beer I would not ever buy for myself but I figured what the hell. Lets learn a thing or two about another culture.
I learned some things. One they can cook some good chicken. Really good. 2 I learned they have a family structure that is way beyond what white culture has. Friends are family in a way I have never seen before.
Don't get me wrong I've seen the bad of black culture I've seen some one shot I've seen tribal fights where they all cheer it on.
Does anyone else have any comments on this?
Does anyone else have any experiences with the black community to share?
So I'm pretty sure many of you don't know this but I live in a primarily African American neighborhood(one of the reasons I am trying to buy a house in a better area. The biggest thing I found with this family after making sure the situation was safe. Was they have a group loyalty to friends and family that is rarely found in other communities I have seen. I saw a hard working father that cared about his kids, and his two friends that were essentially dead beat dads.
Here is the story.
I walked out my front door to smoke a cigarette and saw my neighbor to the left struggling to change a headlight on an 09 impala. I happened to know how to change this cars head light. So I just changed it for them. They really appreciated it clearly. My neighbor then told me about some problems he was having with his car and he thought it was a transmission problem, he asked if I would test drive it for him so I did and long story short we ended up at the autoparts store and I scanned his car for him. Found a few broken sensors. So he ask if he could buy me a beer. I accepted.
I allowed me kids to go out to the playground with the neighborhood kids for probably the first time un supervised. At least in a way where I wasn't 10 feet away I was 40 feet away. All the 12 girls all black except my 2 girls played together well and their was only 1 fight about a marker. Resolved easily.
They invited me and my family for dinner. I bought a 12 pack of shitty beer I would not ever buy for myself but I figured what the hell. Lets learn a thing or two about another culture.
I learned some things. One they can cook some good chicken. Really good. 2 I learned they have a family structure that is way beyond what white culture has. Friends are family in a way I have never seen before.
Don't get me wrong I've seen the bad of black culture I've seen some one shot I've seen tribal fights where they all cheer it on.
Does anyone else have any comments on this?
Does anyone else have any experiences with the black community to share?
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