Y’all gon’ have to excuse my neighbor James.
I’m Black.
I figured since Damon started off his last post that way I should do the same. I wonder how many times I’ve actually started off with that statement. It could easily be 50.
Get rich or die trying. Speaking of getting rich…
A little over a year ago I bought a house. I purchased in the part of DC that is both the poorest and Blackest part of the city. That is neither hyperbole or speculation. That’s a fact, Jack. Not that my neighborhood looks or feels destitute. In fact, it doesn’t seem like it at all. People often visit my home and tell me that its impossible that I live in the hood. Which, of course, I then have to remind said individuals that the hood has nothing to do with how the neighborhood looks but everything to do with who lives there.
Message.Well given where I live and what it looks like when it does what it do, I’ve been a witness to and a party to quite a few interesting observations over the past year. Namely, I’ve seen some sh*t I can’t unsee and laughed at some things I’m not sure were actually funny. So in the spirit of information sharing and universal social education, I figured I’d share and discuss a few of those things I’ve seen or noticed. Such as…1. For folks allegedly without much, these folks create an astounding amount of trashMy trash pick up comes every Friday morning. I usually wheel my trash bins out with a few trash bags full. Not my neighbors. I recognize that some folks have upwards of 7 or 8 people living a household but the amount of trash bags accumulated in a week is insane. We’re talking 10 to 20 bags of trash. No joke. Not to mention how much furniture people are tossing weekly. I’ve seen couches, mattresses, desks, bookcases, coffee tables, shelves, chairs, etc. ON A WEEKLY BASIS. Now granted, trash is trash. But it just seems like each of my neighbors has about 5 to 6 too many trash bags considering we get weekly pickup. I started to try to take a picture of this one day but I realized I live next to these folks and well, no need for a Hatfield – McCoy situation over alleged trash speculating. 2. Black people are some of the most patient and persistent individuals on the planet
A few weeks ago there was the prospect of a fight lingering between one of my neighbors kids and some kids from elsewhere that literally took place over a 3 day span. Police were involved, but these groups of kids sat out side waiting for somebody to start the beef for a solid 72 hours. And I’m not even joking. These jokers literally attempted to wait each other out. A Senate filibuster has jack sh*t on Black folks really wanting to fight. 3. The 4th of July is still going onAs of yesterday, fireworks displays were still occurring. And not sparklers. Heavens no. Real, high quality, audience spectacle worthy fireworks shows are still taking place. Like you could totes come thru and chill with a blanket on a random Tuesday and possibly believe its July 4th. Don’t do that by the way. 4. Some folks just are inconsiderate as hellThis is one general life thing as well clearly, but you ever almost run over somebody in a parking lot then get mad at them for not immediately accepting your “my bad”? Oh…that’s just me? Well that type of stuff happens daily ’round here. We gettin’ money ’round here. See me comin’ ’round the bend when I pull into my alley and somebody is blocking the whole alley preventing me from getting to my house…but looking at me like I’m crazy when I ask them to move their car. Or the time I got home and some kids were sitting on my porch then looked at me crazy for trying to walk into my house. I know them now. We cool, I got them ice cream once.5. It’s never too late to get ice creamLiterally as I’m typing this, at almost 10pm on a Sunday night, the ice cream man just drove by selling ice cream. And possibly cocaine. But definitely ice cream.All that to say, stereotypically, my neighborhood a stereotype. Cough up a lung, where I’m from, SE son…ain’t nothin’ nice.It’s Monday, we’re going to have a good week, trust me…what’s your neighborhood like? Let’s make this another one of those getting to know you posts. Tell us about where you’re from. F*ck with me, you know I got it.-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST aka MR. NEXT LIFETIME aka GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL HE A 3
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