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A PM working in government (happened to be a white woman) once asked me how I (a black engineer, early 30s) escaped the inner city and became successful. I thou
by clarge1120 6y ago
A PM working in government (happened to be a white woman) once asked me how I (a black engineer, early 30s) escaped the inner city and became successful. I thought about it and answered, "I decided to stop participating in activities that got the police involved in my life."
She called me a racist.
- vcxy 6y agoAre you even from the "inner city"? Trying to figure out how dumb this interaction was haha. I have a totally opposite experience, I'm white trailer trash that managed to get a math PhD from a fairly high ranking school. People just assume I grew up upper middle class.
- clarge1120 6y agoYou caught that, eh? I am not from the "inner city", and this conversation was pretty dumb. Most of them are.