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i was experiencing an assload of racial tension at my last job. I was a "white" hispanic at a job that's 70% black. Story of my life. I've been around black people since birth. lots of fights, and racial discrimination. And I always got called a white boy. Even from hispanic people. Even though I was cut from their cloth I was even from a multiracial family. Anyway my co-workers were pretty chill overall. If people couldn't contain their hood bullshit they were fired or quit. The nature of the job meant you kind of had to be humble to work there. In a way the nature of warehouse work meant that co-workers stuck pretty much together against management/work abuse. used to work hard, laugh things off, tell bad jokes and be a goofball. I'd have to listen to the occasional black strife experience here and there. but they usually came off it and talked about other things. I was pretty popular and we had a really good time overall.

As I settled in about two-three years. I got pretty depressed. Life wasn't improving. Supervisors would stay with you for 6months to a year. Some of them would push buttons or scream like fake drill sergeants. i developed some permanent health problems from the stress. But you find ways to deal with it. And you learn that you could usually tell em to fuck off and they did. I once got a nightmarish supervisor. We used to work together and they were cool. But once they became a supervisor. Their entire demeanor changed. It was like they became a monster. This person gave me so much stress. i almost killed myself one day. I was going to jump out of my window. cried til i turned red. i'm not really mentally or emotionally tough. i decided to take the day off from work to cool down. and when i came back the following week. my supervisor had gotten fired for getting into a fist fight with another supervisor. it must have been some type of intervention from god. the rest of my time there, all my supes looked out for me.