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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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I grew up in a different time and place. SE PA, there were maybe two black families within twenty miles and only an occasional Puerto Rican passing thru. Otherwise, it was just us white folks, Catholics, Lutherans, whatever, Irish, Polish, German, you name it and every mixture of a hundred of similar backgrounds. Lots of prejudice against blacks. The inner cities were no different than today and that's all ya saw, so that's all you knew.

Then I joined the AF, which led me to a career in aerospace that spanned just short of 40 yrs. Anyway, it was through that career where I moved about and worked side by side with a little bit of everyone American, if ya get my drift and that shaped my opinion on this. You see, it wasn't long before I began to realize, as anyone with half a brain soon does, that people are just people. I worked alongside some great folks. Some were white like me, some were black, some were Asian, some Hispanic. There were also great women I worked with, too, doing jobs that weren't traditionally female. There were also many I wouldn't give the time of day ... worthless shits of every sex, color, creed, and religion.

So that's what led me to the philosophy that's worked well for me over the years. I give everyone a chance. Yes, there are horrible people of every description, but there are also those who you learn to respect, no matter where they come from. We are what we make of ourselves. Some go one way, others a different direction. Where they start isn't important, it's where you find them that is. That's why I don't play that whole divisive race, sex, whatever hate thing. Again, people are people ... there are the good, the bad, and the ugly and they come in every size, color, and shape package.