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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ack, my quotes didn't come out right.  This is directed to 6:26:

I'm the PP you're responding to. I'll say again, I've never seen AA women deliberately exclude or act in a hostile manner towards white women in any work environment I've ever been in. I even attended an HBCU for undergrad and there were a few nonblack students--never heard about or saw them excluded. I've worked on both coasts in academic, healthcare, and nonprofit settings. In some of these, granted, I was the only AA female--heck, in most, I've been the only black person, period. However, even in my current work environment in DC, which is maybe 5-10% AA, I don't see it. My field selects for those work well with others, since it requires collaboration. Anyone who acts in the manner you've described would quickly be out the door.

I'll give you that I've encountered a few somewhat surly municipal workers in DC, some of whom are AA. However, I've seen such workers have an attitude with everyone, not just white women.

I'm glad you allow that not all AA women you've encountered behave like this to non-black women.[b] I just don't want people to think that being in a majority AA environment will be necessarily a bad experience.[/b][/quote]

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I'm white and every last one of my immediate 22 coworkers (plus just about all of my 50 or so non-immediate coworkers) is an AA female, as is my boss. It has not been a bad experience whatsoever. [/quote]

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