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Originally posted by water_boy1999
Good points made Rat. One of my good friends and soon to be neighbors is Black. He is 23, a former college ball player, and just a cool cat all around. However, he speaks like he still lives in Inglewood. What I mean by this is he speaks ebonics. "What up yo?" "Whass checkin dog?" I know what he means because he is my friend, but I have often though about the job situation. Being IN the staffing industry, I wonder how far he wants to go or what type of work he eventually wants to settle into. I also think about the employer and what their first impression of the guy is because is the way he talks. I think very highly of my friend, but I also know he is putting up barriers for himself because of the way he talks sometimes. It isn't every day that I run into a black CTO, CEO, CIO of a company and they greet me with a, "What up E-Dawg?"
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I worked with Charles Smith from the Knicks (ugh that was a tough deal) anyways, he did talk like he was from the "hood" when appropriate. ONLY when appropriate. But when he was doing things to get work done, he spoke professionally.
He knew when to switch it on and off.