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Let's talk about being black at work, but specifically understanding who your friends or potential friends and allies are. Just because someone is black, we must know that every person who is skin folk isn't kinfolk. And you have to be able to kind of smoke them out.
Sometimes you have a black woman in HR who's just as bad as a white woman, right? The black woman seems like she's trying to do you bad, you know, before the white woman even does it. Sometimes it's a black guy, you know, he has that Tiger Woods spirit. And you need to know that these folks are not people you can confide in.
Now, truth be told, anyone you work with, you shouldn't be confiding in because work is work. And you don't necessarily need to become friends with your colleagues. You need to be there hyperfocused on earning your money and advancing. That's it.
But there may be black people there that you can at least have some level of a greater level of rapport or alliance with. But first you have to test them to figure out is this person on code, off code, or against code. And remember, against code meaning they're actively trying to, you know, push white supremacy. Like this is the black person that's like, "Oh, I love Jesus." You know, if Jesus says, if God, that's that's a white supremacist all day, every day, you better believe it.
Um, the person who's against code is the one who is going to point out black people's flaws and issues before anything else. And they're not going to point it out so that we can correct it. They're not going to do any work to help black people. But they just have derision and negativity. These are your Candace Owens, your Officer Tatums, your Hodge Twins. They have just bad things to say. They're critical of black people, but they actually are married to whites. They don't do anything to help black people. They're not a part of the community. Uh, they're actually against it. They, they, they're bootlickers. They suck up to white supremacy. So, these are the people that are against code.
Then you have those who are off code. And it may merely be because they're ignorant. They've not been exposed to the information. Maybe they were isolated from their people. Unfortunately, there's some black folks that they grow up, they went to an all-white school. They grew up, they were in a Jewish community, or they lived abroad and they did not get the opportunity to, you know, rub up against the souls of black folk. They, they're kind of lost at a level and that's not entirely their fault. And they may one day be healed and, you know, come into this knowledge, which is a light.
So your goal is to figure out where these people are. Not necessarily to convert anyone because that's not something you want to do at work. So us as black people within this organization, we prize work. We prize being able to earn well. It's absolutely critical. When we're at work, we're not going to be yes sir, no sir, yes ma'am, no ma'am. Because we're bootlickers. We're doing it in our own self-interest to make sure that our money keeps flowing. So yes, we will be humble at work. We will be respectful and polite at work because we are there to earn well.
However, and that doesn't mean you need to be disrespected if someone does disrespect you. That's why I talk about all that documentation and evidence because that's what you use in the court of law. You don't use the fact that you got into an argument. Your emotions don't count in the court of law.
But there are a couple ways to figure out if someone is on code. So you do have to exercise some level of subtlety here. So what you probably should not do is go into the breakroom and say, "Oh, hey man, check out this YouTube video from Marquet Devon Burton. Man, bro is going off on them crackers." Like, no, you don't want to do that.
What you would instead do is you might be engaged in conversation. I'd probably wait for off hours or, you know, a happy hour or sometime when you're in private and you kind of kind of pitch them a little bit. Just plant a seed, but do it in a neutral way and whichever way they want to take it, roll with them. Again, it's the dissimulation. It's the ability to deceive, um, not for evil purposes, but for you to thrive as a black person.
Because know this, a black person who is against code or off code, we basically look at them as the white devil. Because they're probably off code or against code because of what the whites have poisoned them with, indoctrinated them with. So we look at them in the same way.
So for example, if you were at a happy hour and you, it was just you and your other black colleague there, you guys are both pretty new and you say, "Hey, ever heard of Marquette Burton? I just recently uh saw him on YouTube." You didn't say anything in favor or against. And then if the guy says, "Oh yeah, you know, you talking about that one black guy, man. He's always talking bad about white people. That guy is always talking bad about white people, but he never says anything bad about black people." Mind you, this is a lie.
But what it would tell you of that black guy's attitude is that he's against Marquet Devon Burton. He's against the code. He's against black people truly being unified. He's against telling the truth about what whites have done on the planet Earth and continue to do today. So, it lets you know that he is against the code. He is your enemy. And what you should not do is argue with him at that point. You shouldn't disagree with him. You be like, "Oh, word. Oh, man. I didn't know about that. That's crazy. I'm probably have to stop watching him." And then seal up that conversation. Go on to something else. Never engage that guy ever again about anything meaningful, any social issues, any politics, any secrets. Like he is not your ally. He's for sure the enemy. Use him for what you can use him for. And if ever you have to sacrifice him because he is not our people.
And it's so critical because even during enslavement, you had some slaves who were the overseers. They were the tools of the whites to help control the blacks. They were the ones who infiltrated and snitched. Oh, you know, John about to try to run away. Massa, these niggas have always existed. And I trust in the colonial situation in Africa. There were those African tribes or individuals that the whites lifted up and told them that they were somehow better than the other blacks and used them as a tool to control the black masses. So you must be aware and find subtle ways to sniff these people out.
But it goes to the previous lesson which was on dissimulation and being able to, um, give the facade that is necessary for you to be protected and also for you to achieve your goals and to keep a shield up against the enemy. And your enemy can be any, or actually, let me be more precise. Your enemy is anyone who is not on code.
Those who are off code, you might be able to bring them on code. You meet them at the grocery store, you waiting at the bus stop, or you encounter someone in an environment that does not, that is not directly connected to your job. Yeah, try to bring them on code. What we will never do is argue with those who are against code interpersonally. Maybe on a platform because then you might reach the masses and you might teach people about the code, but interpersonally one-on-one, that's an unproductive activity. So you should never waste your time talking to someone who can't be convinced, who has their mind made up. All it can do is create more enemies and booby traps in your environment. So, don't waste the emotions. Don't waste the time.
And make sure that you always know the nature of the person you're talking to as early as possible. So, one piece of militant mindset that all black people should have when they're encountering someone is who is this person really? What are their values? What is their intention or their pursuit? What are they going for? You can really understand someone by knowing their motivation and knowing what they're pursuing. It allows you to understand them, but it also allows you to control them and manipulate them if need be. And if you can discover their fears as well.