Life in black, white and shades of grey
I have a friend. I might have mentioned him on here before. He is an older white man. Used to be my boss when I lived in D.C. Really decent guy originally from Virginia. He is also gay. When he was my boss we really didn't interact much. I used to sit right outside his door and he would barely speak to me. He often did his own work and occassionally would throw something my way. Strangely when I left the job we developed this really close bond. He would invite me to his place and take me to nice restaurants. At one point I had a key to his condo and he would let me drive his car. Really generous guy. Recently I was facing some dire financial straits. Once again when my family made no offers he was there bailing me out even though he has been facing his own problems. Really stand up guy! Colorism still exists in this world folks. There have been quite a few times where I have trailed along on his coat tails. I notice the difference between they way he is treated in nice restau...