Topic of the day
I just finished reading an issue of DiversityInc magazine. This is a magazine targeted to working women of color.
The first article to catch my eye is entitled "You're So Articulate"...how to respond.
Has this ever happened to you in the office? It happens to me all the time.
How do you respond to this without coming across and the angry, militant black person while still letting the person know they are ignorant as hell?
Monday's Question....
The first article to catch my eye is entitled "You're So Articulate"...how to respond.
Has this ever happened to you in the office? It happens to me all the time.
How do you respond to this without coming across and the angry, militant black person while still letting the person know they are ignorant as hell?
Monday's Question....
posted by 1969 at
6:42 AM
7 Comments:
last time that happened to me was two weeks ago when a new client said that ish to me.
"isn't everybody around here?"
is how i responded, an innocent look on my face...
That was good Nikki.
I always get the "you speak so well" a la Chris Rock.
I hate that comment.
Oddly I've never had this happen to me. When I was growing up, my mother always told me that people shouldn't be able to tell the color of your skin by the sound of your voice.
One day (a million moons ago) I was working at this cable company. It was fight night and this guy was desperate to get his box hooked up. So I helped him all while he flirted endlessly. He told me that if I got it working, he'd buy me a drink. It worked and I never thought a thing else about it.
A week later a white boy walks in looking for "Tammy" - I say, "Oh...that's ME" (being the only Tammy in the joint). THE LOOK ON HIS FACE SAID IT ALL...
"This is for you"
He placed a tall can of Arizona Iced Tea on my desk, turned around and never said another word. He didn't even say goodbye when he walked out. I was SHOCKED...
Not so much on the office, but on the train recently a woman told me that I speak so well.
I told her she must of been expecting me to speak in my native Ebonic tounge; that's only for special occasions and peeps.
It's gotten to the point now that my supervisor has me proofread all of her letters before she sends them out. It's crazy.
I remember as a teenager.My friends would call me Spock because I used big words all the time. I made the mistake of using the word clitoris instead of G spot..lol..
Thank you, can you please explain your comment. Then watch the person trip all over themselves to avoid saying something offensive.
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