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The funniest instance of people thinking I was white by just hearing me was a job interview. The initial phone interviews for a state university I worked for are all held by phone supposedly to help combat bias and racism. They also have standard questions they ask every candidate. I was the only candidate they ever had that answered all the questions correctly for the topics in which I claimed to have expertise. Naturally I was called in for a face to face interview. Man were they shocked when my black ass walked p in there. I could see it on their faces. Apparently they even wondered if a friend (white) who had told me about the job had given me the questions. It was so hard for them to believe that they were willing to question the integrity of one of their colleagues. I took the job because I hated the job I had at the time, but it was a struggle. Even though they supposedly hired me for my expertise they really didn’t take my advice seriously so much so that when a white consultant told them the same things I had been saying my manager said, “I didn’t realize we were so far behind!?!?” I got another job shortly thereafter. Sorry this is so long.
On this episode you called Robert Glasper fans Glasp-hoppers. Well sir, you are wrong. We are actually called the Glasp-holes and we are here to shit all over the ant-hill.
Amil