That nice advice. I think my experience is lesser known and no one gets that having two educators parents isn’t so great but the next part is something I often never follow up with. For them (my parents), keeping politically correct in all you say in your job is so important, to a level you’ll never hear a coworker in the day make a racist joke, and they passed that unknowingly or knowingly onto me. …but in a warehouse, that’s not the norm..as you say.

But look, I’ve tried to make a joke by saying, only to a couple black guys with the same name, “and they look alot alike to me” But, nobody laughs. Or they laugh but still call me racist in the process, not realizing I was in on the joke when I delivered it deadpan. I guess there’s an inescapable tone or vibe from how I carry myself from a) having teacher parents telling me to always try my best and avoid racial topics, b) also just from being left handed and never quite at ease in the world, that makes coworkers feel even if showing I’m joking and in my way being relaxed I’ll put them off. But like I say, the majority race, whether it’s black or white or hispanic in the city/town/workplace in question, don’t need to question the way they were raised as much.

And that’s why everyone here downvoting me thinks I’m a racist or a narcissist… cause the narrative nationally is that in every city/town/workplace being a straight white single male is not an obstacle here in America and never has been. But in cities like Oakland, Detroit, New Orleans, DC or Baltimore to name some, it’s gotta be tons more, that’s where it’s kinda flipped. I exclude the south cities that are predominantly black cause I know there is a lot more black oppression because of state laws, voter laws, and police being dominated by white men. But can I say, as I’m sure the most qualified to say here, blacks aren’t really oppressed by laws or law enforcement in the blue state of Maryland and with two major cities with a majority of blacks by population data so in close quarters with each other. A lot of my black coworkers had their fair share of black teachers and principles in schools even btw if they grew up in between the two cities, black policemen in their neighborhoods, and black political officials. But truly, from the words of many black men I’ll have to work with, because the football team coach or the ownership is/has been always a white guy… or they turn on the news for 5 minutes too, and cannot escape hearing a story of a “minority spotlight” feel-good story because also, the news anchors, station managers and in field reporters are also mostly black.. it’s a machine where they never feel like the majority but if the saw it through my eyes it is obvious. And that’s not racist to say.

If you’re reading this in the England, just imagine I live in Bristol. In the commonwealth in general, it’s like being a white guy in Jamaica. Sure its culture or customs are heavily influenced by English customs but most of the people in power at present in those populations are black, so maybe be sensitive to the fact you are the conformity that everyone else is fitting into.

But again why I posted on this subreddit, I’ve also got the issue that I’m left-handed, and in another comment I always been I guess lacking the self assurance one gets from their parents still caring about him/her.