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Originally Posted by mccoyred
That is a sad testament to the social/political/economic dynamics in this country. I often wonder how much Obama's candidacy and hopeful, ascension to the presidency will affect this dynamic.
The line that really gets under my skin is "Do you wash your hair?" from whites who want to inquire about my locs. Depending on the person asking, I will flip them off (Do YOU?) or educate them. Still it bothers me to no end.
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The irony is that this boss is an Obama supporter...
His problem is he labels EVERYONE to bring "order" to his world, then blames it on his heritage that is quasi-ethnic. He is physically and mentally ill and is untreated. He has always been way out there--a odd sort of man, but because he is now old, it not just being cantankerous or ornery or funny old guy, it is dayum near OCD, schizophrenic, with psychosis and mania...
What is funny is he's a physician and there are all kinds of physicians around him that trained under him. What's sad is none of them want to treat him because he needs a psych eval before they go in there... It is so sad to see someone of his caliber become like this and he doesn't even care or know it is inappropriate behavior...
This dude does not shower... He really does not wash his hair... On hot days, he is ripe... He eats all kind of ways... He's abusive to his poor wife who many think is very intelligent as a scientist... He mismanages his type 2 diabetes, he's going blind in both eyes. He cannot stay awake, so now he take something likened to crystal meth... I mean dude is one cardiovascular accident away and that would not be shocking to anyone... What would shock us, is if he survived it...
No amount of educating would EVER help someone like him... The best I could do is take care of myself in that situation. So essentially, I flipped him off by leaving and saying I plainly don't care what he does to me professional/ruining my career, etc.
Also, my resolve is different. Why allow this asshole to tell me who I am and what I am all about? He does not know me, nor he is incapable of comprehending what I can do. And that means my Universe is unresponsive to his lowdown, fugly world... I am way beyond whatever he thinks he can muster against me. It all does not matter in the endgame. And I had to learn that to be able to say that about myself...