tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post7410943349621202971..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: Essay 4964HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-66654985925745048372008-01-13T07:15:00.000-06:002008-01-13T07:15:00.000-06:00Your post was pretty funny.Your post was pretty funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-12634657322659922962008-01-10T13:26:00.000-06:002008-01-10T13:26:00.000-06:00At one of the many agencies where i was the only b...At one of the many agencies where i was the only black person (not a janitor or secretary) i worked with a white media planner who would randomly quote lines from Good Times and Sanford & Son to me for no apparent reason.<BR/><BR/>After a few weeks of polite tolerance I finally asked him, "Why do you keep saying that stuff around me, and nobody else?"<BR/><BR/>His response--as sincere as could be:<BR/><BR/>"You like that stuff, don't you? I know i think it's cool."<BR/><BR/>Grady, along with the Jeffersons were also popular references that I've been initiated with over the years.<BR/><BR/>Lost track of the number of times someone walked into my office singing "We're movin' on up".<BR/><BR/>It's funny to them, because we're funny to them. Funny and little else.<BR/><BR/>And that's pretty sad. Still.HustleKnockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578735518105427366noreply@blogger.com