[TUCKER]

I'm going to describe a couple of incidents from real every day life. For some these are blatant examples of a barbarian trying too hard to fit in, while to others these might be blatant examples of overt racism.

I work in a crew that is made up of 7 people. Of the 7, 1 is not Black. Our Black crew chief was transferred to Las Vegas a short time ago. His replacement was white. At the end of the shift, on the 1st day, the white boy invited the crew over to the chiefs lounge for a surprise as he put it. When we got there, he had an ice cold watermelon on the table. He cut everyone these huge slices and when I declined he pointed out that I was the only one on the team who declined his offer. He even had a bite himself to assure me there was nothing wrong with it. This act sort of gave everyone assurance that he must be alright cause they immediately started telling me I should have a slice to demonstrate my camaraderie. After 5 or 10 minutes of insistence, speared on by guess who, I caved and had a small bite. This seemed to satisfy everyone, but I became the target of his attention whenever he was chief of our unit.

Now some have said it was just a coincidence and I was the only one complaining. I never said a word. It was them insisting I eat watermelon from a barbarian as they had. Now as to the coincidence, CRAP! 1. That guy knew exactly who his team was comprised of before he came to work.
2. The watermelon was ice cold. He'd prepared it
3. When he chiefed over a crew of a different racial make up, he bought them pizza on his first day.

The point is that some people don't know when they're being targetted. These people will try so hard to fit in that they will make targets of themselves/

In another incident:

The same guy came up to one of the two females in the unit and asked, "Whos got yo heart in the unit?" Nothing right? When the girl turned and asked me what I thought he meant aside from the obvious, I told her "guys like that think Black men and women can't work together w'out someone fucking someone. If you took it any other way you're wrong." She told me he was checking before asking her for a date. She said she was not a racist like myself and she'd dated several guys of the other persuasion. She went on to tell me she didn't have anything against white folks. They hadn't done anything to her so if she decided to date him, she would and she didn't care what I thought. Mind you now I hadn't said a word. We finished that day, and about a month or so later, I asked her for an update on that situation. I warned her in advance if I was right, the whole ramp would know. As it were, I was right, but I felt so sorry for her that I let her off the hook. She is very attractive and shallowly thinks everyone wants her. Shes probably right, but most guys are intimidated by her beauty. Thats probably why she can't keep a boyfriend.

Any of this sound familiar? Theres more, I'll keep you posted.