- Aug 11, 2004
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Friends, that is or should be a deep deep word but today folks throw it around like the word love when neither should be taken lightly. I have very few people who I will call friend and one of them is a white cat he's older than I am but has always been straight forward with me and I with him, he's been there to help me out when I needed it and the same from my end. That being said I have other friends mostly Black with a Mexican,and Asian thrown in and my other friends hold a higher position than my White friend. Why? time put in and stripes earned.
I won't base friendship on race because it makes no sense due to the fact that I've been done in by Whites as well as Blacks and other races so when it comes to me considering you a friend the thing that's more important than what race the person happens to be is have they shown me over time that they can be trusted, can I depend on them if needbe and in time of trouble, have they ever knowingly done me dirty, would they do for me like I'd do for them. Now if any of those come back as a no then that person can't be considered my friend that person becomes an associate.
I have many people that I consider associates, or just folks that I know and they know me and that's pretty much where it ends.
Friends accept you not only for who you are and what you are but they are there for you despite who you are also. I'm past loving folk or letting folk close to me simply based on their race like I said before that in my opinion makes no sense however that's only my opinion and what works for me may not necessarily work for the next man or woman so take it for what it's worth.
MississippiRed
I won't base friendship on race because it makes no sense due to the fact that I've been done in by Whites as well as Blacks and other races so when it comes to me considering you a friend the thing that's more important than what race the person happens to be is have they shown me over time that they can be trusted, can I depend on them if needbe and in time of trouble, have they ever knowingly done me dirty, would they do for me like I'd do for them. Now if any of those come back as a no then that person can't be considered my friend that person becomes an associate.
I have many people that I consider associates, or just folks that I know and they know me and that's pretty much where it ends.
Friends accept you not only for who you are and what you are but they are there for you despite who you are also. I'm past loving folk or letting folk close to me simply based on their race like I said before that in my opinion makes no sense however that's only my opinion and what works for me may not necessarily work for the next man or woman so take it for what it's worth.
MississippiRed