Comments on: It’s Back! Watch The Unwritten Rules, Ep. 2 – a Web Series About Being Black in the Workplace

By: shawnte

shawnte — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:27:19 +0000

funny! especially the white guy at the end. this is the first web-series i’ve really liked so far. (but to be fair, i haven’t watched very many)

By: Tumaini

Tumaini — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:58:45 +0000

hilarious..loved it

By: Candi83

Candi83 — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:44:38 +0000

I agree!! That’s just nasty!! :P

By: Elegance

Elegance — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:02:04 +0000

Yeah this is paranoia city! First off it’s interesting that on her resume on the beginning it says “agreeable” and “team player” because that doesn’t sound like her. She has a chip on her shoulder and interprets everything as being a slight. That blonde woman could have just been making conversations or tends to be condescending to everyone regardless of race. Sometimes it’s just a person’s interpersonal problems having nothing to do with your race.

Second, if something smells good people say so! It has nothing to do with being black. Anytime at work when someone has restaurant food, pizza, or something they made people talk about it. It’s called being social, curious, and open to new things.

Last of all, this is attempting to make it look like White men are shallow or have fetishes if they are attracted to Black women. But don’t Black men also say they like full lips, brown skin, and big behinds? Aren’t they fetishizing Black women? I mean men can see, they like hot women, and some features of Black women are hot so they like those features! That doesn’t mean they have a fetish. It’s just normal. It would be unusual if a guy was attracted to a beautiful woman who found her lips and body to be unappealing and to only be attracted to her mind (especially if she is a stranger he doesn’t even know). Men fetishize women period! Women probably fetishize men too when they only like certain physical traits (e.g., being tall, having big hands, a deep voice, full head of hair, and large other parts hint hint). Everything that people find attractive can be called a fetish if we are truly honest about it.

By: twee

twee — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:53:03 +0000

Oooh but white people do walk around saying stupid stuff like that, and black people walk around being ghetto. Just not the majority thankfully!

By: Sasha

Sasha — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:48:52 +0000

LMAO WHAT?!?! You’re kidding right?? I don’t even know how I would react!

By: kidole

kidole — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:43:23 +0000

Considering one of my “beige” coworkers just described his morning to me as being “cray” …I needed this!!

By: FattieSoSlim

FattieSoSlim — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:18:55 +0000

I’m also expecting an mini-episode about Racey’s race. I’m not a big fan of her asides; they’re a bit… overacted(?), but I can relate to her situation a lot. I’m really interested in reading the book now.

By: FattieSoSlim

FattieSoSlim — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:13:41 +0000

OMG! I hate sharing my food at work! I had someone stare me in the face while I ate some leftovers from my mom. I told the guy he could get a clean, plastic fork and try a bite if he wanted. I thought that would make him go away, but he just kept staring, and smelling… mega hard.

By: natural.is.me

natural.is.me — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:19:37 +0000

it’s okay. i wouldn’t say i rolled on the floor but it was relatable.

i just think they could switch it up. maybe have something from one of her white co-workers perspective or wouldn’t it have been cooler if there were 2 black women there or even if it followed 2 friends in different jobs and they were talking about their day. just something to shake it up.