DON'T GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO NEEDLESSLY CRITICIZE OTHER BLACK WORKERS!
I am going to be writing a series of tips on things that Blacks should avoid doing in the workplace. So, let's start our journey with...
Do not criticize the Blacks on your job simply as a way to score points with the Whites you work with!
Don’t act like you haven’t done it. Those who have, you know who you are. Perhaps you always like to criticize other African Americans on your job as being “too ghetto,” so that your White coworkers and managers will know that you are a “professional” and the other Blacks are not!
This catty behavior is simply uncalled for and harkens back to the Willie Lynch slave mentality that was ingrained in Blacks on the plantations. Why must we needlessly fight and bicker amongst ourselves, while others around us thrive?
Don’t get me wrong. It’s one thing to air real concerns or beef—about staff of any color—regarding poor work or inappropriate, unprofessional or odd behavior. But, it’s another thing to just look for crap to criticize other Blacks for as a means to show Whites that you don’t automatically align yourself with “your people” and that you are on their [the company’s/White people’s] side!
I know Blacks have been seasoned to assimilate as much as possible, but seeking to legitimize yourself at the expense of others is dead wrong! And, it doesn’t get you the respect of the White people you are so eager to dime your brothers and sisters out to. So, don’t be a…
Yeah, the word I’m looking for is “coon!” Don’t be a coon!! Stop running behind your Massa, while you try to put other Blacks up on the whipping block. Get some pride and do some damn work.
Try worrying about yourself. Only openly criticize other staff as necessary. Besides, the same White people you criticize your Blacks coworkers to are the same White people who talk about you the same way—behind your back. They probably think you are just as “ghetto” as those you point out. If not, they surely have some other negative perception of you to chit chat about.
Do not criticize the Blacks on your job simply as a way to score points with the Whites you work with!
Don’t act like you haven’t done it. Those who have, you know who you are. Perhaps you always like to criticize other African Americans on your job as being “too ghetto,” so that your White coworkers and managers will know that you are a “professional” and the other Blacks are not!
This catty behavior is simply uncalled for and harkens back to the Willie Lynch slave mentality that was ingrained in Blacks on the plantations. Why must we needlessly fight and bicker amongst ourselves, while others around us thrive?
Don’t get me wrong. It’s one thing to air real concerns or beef—about staff of any color—regarding poor work or inappropriate, unprofessional or odd behavior. But, it’s another thing to just look for crap to criticize other Blacks for as a means to show Whites that you don’t automatically align yourself with “your people” and that you are on their [the company’s/White people’s] side!
I know Blacks have been seasoned to assimilate as much as possible, but seeking to legitimize yourself at the expense of others is dead wrong! And, it doesn’t get you the respect of the White people you are so eager to dime your brothers and sisters out to. So, don’t be a…
Yeah, the word I’m looking for is “coon!” Don’t be a coon!! Stop running behind your Massa, while you try to put other Blacks up on the whipping block. Get some pride and do some damn work.
Try worrying about yourself. Only openly criticize other staff as necessary. Besides, the same White people you criticize your Blacks coworkers to are the same White people who talk about you the same way—behind your back. They probably think you are just as “ghetto” as those you point out. If not, they surely have some other negative perception of you to chit chat about.
posted by S. Mary Wills at 7:06 PM
3 Comments:
OMG! My "girl" does this at work all the time. She loves to talk about Black people to our white cowrkers. I don't think she really means any harm on them but she definitely thinks it makes her look good.
Ain't gonna happen. Too many of us live to criticize other blacks especially to white people. We like to get a little laugh in with the white folks to show we can be critical thinkers but only in finding the weaknesses of other blacks. We dont think anything we say reflects on us because the people who do this think they are perceived to be like whites.
Actually, it is better to throw other bad black workers under the bus than it is to play group politics.
The last thing a hard working black person needs is some good-for-nothing coming up to them and trying to form an alliance with them.
This is true for anyone. Misery loves company. They will drag you down with them.
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