{"id":4393,"date":"2021-02-08T14:57:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rev.mydaye.com\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:06:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:06:25","slug":"howd-i-miss-this-cool-new-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/?p=4393","title":{"rendered":"How\u2019d I miss this cool new term?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was listening the NPR\u2019s Code Switch replay <\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n
Who’s ‘Black Enough’ For Reparations? – https:\/\/one.npr.org\/i\/960378979:963423244<\/a><\/div>\n
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I like many people\u2014especially black people\u2014 are Sometimes asked our opinion on reparations to black people in the US.  I won\u2019t go into my thoughts, all I gotta say is: \u201cwhere my money?\u201d But in this impactful episode with some great info I want to talk about a single issue… one term… JB \u2014 otherwise JUST BLACK to those in the know.<\/div>\n

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JB is something I am of course!  But it is something I\u2019ve thought of when someone fucks up and asks me WHERE I\u2019m from.  Now understand this and listen close.  When someone asks a black person WHERE they\u2019re from what they\u2019re really saying is: \u201cYou  must  [emphasis] must be from somewhere other than here because you TALK, ACT, BEHAVE, TREAT others, WORK, LIVE, etc much differently than ALL the other black people I have ever met…so you MUST [emphasis] FUCKIN MUST be from somewhere else!\u201d<\/div>\n
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Now I know all this woke shit lately means people think they\u2019re being hip when they say shit.  Asking to touch my hair comes to mind.  Something you should never ever do or say you do or say with glee because you\u2019re so woke.  I call bullshit!<\/div>\n
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So back I to the point of this post\u2014JB.<\/div>\n
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The last time I was asked where I was from this seemingly nice lady at a kiosk at the outlet stores mall where I had just spent $400 on some stuff I don\u2019t even think I used with glee we had talked about this and that.  Then she did it.  She cocked her head to the left somewhat uncomfortably and said it \u2014 \u201cwhere are you from?\u201d  I live here I replied.  She doubled down – \u201cNo, I mean originally?\u201d  Now, if you didn\u2019t know I have wonderful diction and nearly perfect pronunciation.  I can be on radio I\u2019ve been told or the news I\u2019m so great, but that still doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m from somewhere other than the US.<\/div>\n
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So to me, I was understandably like \u201cBLACK!\u201d not Caribbean or a new immigrant from Africa or Europe.  So I said I was born in Chicago and my parents were born here too.<\/div>\n
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But with that it seemed like this lady was now scared of me, since now I was JUST BLACK and black men should be feared I guess.  Now all the previous interaction was dismissed –  My AMEX GOLD CARD, my perfect diction, my particularly easy-going personality all seemed less worthy now.  And then there it was – the curt close to the conversation.  She simply turned, waved her hand in my direction and it was over.<\/div>\n
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White people ask and wonder if they are racist.  Generally yes especially when there is a JB involved.
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