'This so-called post-racialism is a figment of our imagination.'

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. Once ...

i not only have to deal with racism, but racist sexism also.

Yep. I know we've talked about this on AAIG so you know I've said this before .

during an "after project completion decompression" session [late night drinking session], I had a had a white guy [the project team leader] tell me:

"I know you people face a lot of that discrimination bull$hit; but I have to say, Black men have it the worst."

I was just sober enough not to knock him out, but drunk enough to be curious about how he came to that conclusion, so I asked him "Why do you say that?"

He said, "A lot of white managers don't want to hire Black men because, after all, you guys ARE men. So if they over-step, they're afraid you'll kick their a$$."

I asked, "What about Black women? I know plenty of Black women that will check ANYONE'S bull$shit."

To that he responded, "Yeah, but in the end, a Black woman is a woman; so we still want to f@#% them!"

I was completely speechless ... Well I had plenty of speech left, but none that could be expressed and me keep my job ... So I just left it with, "You know we're gonna have to revisit this when neither of us have been drinking ... whether it's at the jobsite or not is completely up to you."