Characters unWelcome
I handed the keys back to Matt, because I finally got all my crap out of their house. On the way there and on the way back to my own house I had to deal with the 'characters' that populate Scott & Matt's block. Anyway, during my stay over in the center of the TC I noticed the amount of 'commentary' from the characters I had to deal with was high, or higher than over on the western end of the TC.What was said, voiced, whatever ranged from a general friendly hello to, depending on the situation, like on my bike, 'hey can I get a ride?' I didn't find any of this stuff threatening, just annoying, particularly after the 3rd character. My only danger, I felt, was from spraining my eyes from them rolling in the back of my head. Maybe it was annoying since it was all male commentary. I'm wondering if the women I passed by were just as friendly, would it take a different spin or interpretation. Also maybe if the stupid commentary, with no baby/honey/ boo crap, was rare and there was more of the simple friendly acknowledgement of 'hello', I might have viewed it a different way too.
Staying in another part of the TC was informative. Each block is different with its own set of pluses and minuses.
Labels: neighbors, quality of life
posted by Mari @ 1.8.07
7 Comments:
The cluster of Ne'r do wells on my block at least say hello when I ride by. That's all I ask from people of questionable income.
But with my buzzcut and mountain bike, I often wonder if I'm mistaken for a bicycle cop, and they're being overly polite.
I can't stand that either. I would love to walk down a street and become invisible for once. The "shawty" and "boo" stuff gets old really quickly.
Instead of loitering on corners those men need to find the nearest library, read a book and educate themselves. Those clowns are shiftless losers with nothing better to do than bother women on the streets.
No woman should be in a position to want to be invisible. What I want for the street idiots is to be immediately blessed with good sense and manners. A simple hello, falls in the good manners realm.
It would be nice if they would stop presenting themselves as living embodiment of a black stereotype.
My strategy is to try to preempt the comments with an overly formal and loud "good morning", "good aftenoon", or "good evening". Works most of the time. Not all the time.
-A
"It would be nice if they would stop presenting themselves as living embodiment of a black stereotype."
Exactly. It saddens me that a lot of these men just don't know how to respect women, and in the case of Black women those men think all we're all "video hos." No respect for who we are whatsoever.
My strategy is to try to preempt the comments with an overly formal and loud "good morning", "good aftenoon", or "good evening". Works most of the time. Not all the time.
-A
This strategy works for me too. Be overly formal and loud.
i liked your response to the posting below - about not giving a rat's ass. :o)
i totally got what you're saying, and have thought/felt the same thing. it's not a judgement, it's just an observation.
apparently, you have a bunch of retards that read your blog. ;o)
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