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I'm well into my 20s, but within the last couple of years I encounter a lot of people who try to come at me like I'm not an adult. Even when I tell some people my age they still proceed to give me the Little Black Boy Routine. Ppl have so much of an issue with American Black Manhood that they try to hold onto your youth as long as possible, or they try to over exaggerate your youth to downplay your manhood.
I remember when I was 25 years old and my father was sick in the hospital and the nurses would ask me my age , and they will talk to me as if I told them I was an 18 year old kid...they would say things like " do you work , do you go to school?...... "Oh wow ur very young to handle this responsibility"...... " Oh wow are you the only one taking care of your dad"? Like dang 25 is old enough to to be married with children.....
I would get this from a lot of the nurses...some of the nurses actually called me "BOY'...calling a grown black man boy is almost like saying the n word.
People are always trying to be critical of my working situation, as if I'm some 18 year old kid. I don't even like going to church or associate with certain older adults because I know for a fact that they r gunna try to talk to me like I'm an endangered black kid...like the first thing that comes out of your mouth towards a full grown adult shouldn't be u being critical of that full grown adults working situation or asking me if I know how to drive, it's very disrespectful and belittling....
Some people try to treat me like I'm some handicapped black child..I remember I would go to church and one of the older guys who attend the church would always try to tell me where to sit, or ppl would act like I need to sit with them as if I need a chaperone. I remember one time at this church, I was with one of the other members of the church and one of the special guests of the church would talk to the guy I'm with regarding me, instead of actually speaking with me...kinda like how when ppl talk to adults who are with their young children whom are too young to speak for themselves so they talk to the adult parent in place of the child. The special guest was tryna run the the Little Black kid routine on me andmy associate was running along with it, and my associate from church end up saying regarding me "ohh yeah kids these days" as if I'm a kid when I was 25 years old.....
Ppl have a very strong issue with my manhood and ppl love belittling me
.I have more stories of the little black boy routine, but I don't wanna type too much.
I remember when I was 25 years old and my father was sick in the hospital and the nurses would ask me my age , and they will talk to me as if I told them I was an 18 year old kid...they would say things like " do you work , do you go to school?...... "Oh wow ur very young to handle this responsibility"...... " Oh wow are you the only one taking care of your dad"? Like dang 25 is old enough to to be married with children.....
I would get this from a lot of the nurses...some of the nurses actually called me "BOY'...calling a grown black man boy is almost like saying the n word.
People are always trying to be critical of my working situation, as if I'm some 18 year old kid. I don't even like going to church or associate with certain older adults because I know for a fact that they r gunna try to talk to me like I'm an endangered black kid...like the first thing that comes out of your mouth towards a full grown adult shouldn't be u being critical of that full grown adults working situation or asking me if I know how to drive, it's very disrespectful and belittling....
Some people try to treat me like I'm some handicapped black child..I remember I would go to church and one of the older guys who attend the church would always try to tell me where to sit, or ppl would act like I need to sit with them as if I need a chaperone. I remember one time at this church, I was with one of the other members of the church and one of the special guests of the church would talk to the guy I'm with regarding me, instead of actually speaking with me...kinda like how when ppl talk to adults who are with their young children whom are too young to speak for themselves so they talk to the adult parent in place of the child. The special guest was tryna run the the Little Black kid routine on me andmy associate was running along with it, and my associate from church end up saying regarding me "ohh yeah kids these days" as if I'm a kid when I was 25 years old.....
Ppl have a very strong issue with my manhood and ppl love belittling me
.I have more stories of the little black boy routine, but I don't wanna type too much.
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