Nothing to do with celebrity protest or protest in general, and definitely not things we surely don't witness first hand! This is a personal experience. I went to work as usual Wednesday morning and after our campfire meeting with the supervisor to start the day, afterward as we were getting our work gear to start the day. In an obvious public conversation, two African Americans, I'll call one W and the other J, were obviously talking about the other's employment situation with our company. I don't know if their was some kind of heads up for a later meeting with J, he gets canned. They fired him that afternoon. But, J makes a statement as we are getting our gear that morning, "I tried to dye my skin a lighter color this morning". W was like man don't go there, if they let you go you know why. J is constantly late, failed to show up on most our blackout Saturday's, basically had to be there days. He don't drive. A guy J was riding with, who has since moved to another department and different hours once was talking in the break room, as J's constant absence was made conversation at this time when they were still riding together. The guy he rode with was like I've tried to talk to him, J drinks so much. He was like you pull up to get him and it takes forever to get J in the car. He has been riding with someone else and sure enough. They have been late every day this week and other times. They walk in these meetings 1-10 minutes late. They give an early 5 minute grace period and the meeting starts at the top of the hour. I believe if you're 5 minutes early, you're cutting at being late. These were all African Americans involved. I'm glad some see bad and hard decisions are sometimes seen as a persons fault and not the man out to get you. Trust me, J should have been gone. Our company tried, he didn't care. Sometimes it's not your color, your religion, or anything other than your attitude about what's right and what's wrong!
