Certain compliments mean more from certain races
Summary
A stranger on the subway argues that certain compliments carry different weight depending on who's giving them. His theory? If a Black person tells you you're cool, you're actually cool. If an Indian guy says you're smart, you're a genius. But if a white guy calls you smart, "you're a financial white collar criminal." Kareem presses him on fashion: which race gives the best style compliments? Black men, hands down, because "they're not giving out compliments" freely. The conversation spirals through stereotypes about Asian people and resumes, Italian Americans and slurs, and lands on a confession. The guy admits he's on his company's DEI council. The problem? He's racist. "I'm the last one," he says, comparing himself to immigrants who close the door behind them.
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So what's your take? Certain compliments mean more from certain races? 100% agree. If a Black person tells you you're cool, you're actually cool. Yeah, it's like if an Indian guy says you're smart, you're a genius. If a white guy says you're smart, you're like, "Well, you're a criminal. You're a financial white collar criminal. You're doing something wrong that we can't criminalize you for yet." An Arab person says your food is good, you're Ratatouille Chef. Yeah, you're a five star Michelin rated chef. Yeah. So you should be honest about that. Like, if if someone's going for a position that a specific race needs to like vet, we should let that be a factor. So let the races vet.
Okay, that sounds bad when you clip it, but what is the best uh race to get a compliment from in terms of fashion? It's a Black guy, man. Specific Black man. Yeah, Black man specifically. They're not giving out compliments. If a Black man says you have cool shoes, it means you have actually made a good decision. If any of the race says I have cool shoes, I'll return the shoes. If an Indian guy says you have cool shoes, let me tell you something, you don't have cool shoes at all. You're doing New Balances. You're dressing for comfort.
What about if if an Italian compliments you? That's prob you got a cuz. If they had the accent...
No, no, I'm talking Italian American. So we're talking about a New Jersey accent. So they're going to use a racial slur, but they're going to use it well.
Yeah, so you let them cook? I'll let let them cook.
Exactly. So the best compliment possible comes from a Black man? I think so. In terms of coolness, which is what you want. If if you're going for like something you know job related, you want an Asian person to give you a compl like, "Great resume." Yes. But then if you want to get the job, you gotta go to the white guy for that.
They did DEI, but it didn't really work. It didn't. I think we were over rotated in that sense.
What do you mean? Like, I'm part of the DEI council at work. I'm racist. I'm yeah, I'm definitely I'm the problem. You're like, "I don't want any more people that look like me."
Yeah, 100%. Cuz that's with the immigrants that come to the country. They go, "I'm the last one." Yeah, close it. Close it. I'm here.