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I’m Glad I Retired Before They Could Steal My Black Job

There were a lot of close calls

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I Was Confused

My entire professional career, I have been told I was stealing white guy’s jobs by the fact I was, first, a Black engineer, then a Black supervisor, next a Black manager, followed by a Black director, then a Black vice president.

Several white people informed me, at various phases of my career, many times that I could not possibly have the expertise I gained through education, hard work, and perseverance to oversee a company’s family jewels.

All this time, my job was really a Black job. I am so relieved. I will sleep again because stealing white jobs was keeping me up.

I discovered this wonderful information while listening to the 2024 presidential debate where:

“Donald Trump warned during his debate with Joe Biden and again at a Friday rally that migrants were taking “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs” from Americans, angering critics who called it a racist and insulting attempt to expand his appeal beyond his white conservative base.” politico.com, Trump’s debate references to ‘Black jobs’ and ‘Hispanic jobs’ stir Democratic anger