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Plotting Against My Racist Neighbor
How not to win friends and influence people
I live in a multicultural community. There are white families, Asian families, Hispanic families, and black families. Everyone gets along. Except for one guy.
He rents a house in the neighborhood. The owner of the house, an ex-military white guy, used to live there and was really nice.
He was originally from Louisiana, and shortly after he moved in he had a crab boil for the neighbors. He quickly made friends and we all liked him.
Then he got married, they started a family, and he moved out. He rented the house to a guy who is, frankly, weird and has managed to alienate all the neighbors.
One of my fellow brown neighbors suspects the guy is a racist. I originally thought he was just a jerk, because he’s yelled at white people as well as those of other races.
That’s right. He yells at people. For parking in front of his house. Which is street parking. So it’s perfectly legal. In fact, he put up a street cone to save his spot at one point, which is actually illegal. He stole it from a nearby construction site.
The guy has also done other things to aggravate the neighbors.
